The UK's carbon emissions fell by just 0.1% last year, and the government has admitted it must do more to tackle climate change.
The figures would have been worse if the UK's share of pollution from global flights and shipping had been included.
Analysis of the figures highlights key trends: emissions from homes went down, while road transport emissions went up.
UK aviation pollution increased overall but emissions from domestic flights went down as some switched to rail.
The UK has made big cuts in greenhouse gases other than CO2, so it is still on track to go well beyond its Kyoto commitments. But ministers are getting worried by their inability to make substantial cuts in the main human-produced greenhouse gas of concern - CO2.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7220487.stm
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