Data for emissions as provided by the consultants Aether (FOI)

Request 711130145

Please provide the 2023 figure for emissions as provided by the consultants Aether, that is the equivalent figure for the 2022 figure of 350.5 ktCO2e.

Response

Thank you for your request. The information you have asked for has not yet been publicised therefore Article 36 has been applied. It is expected that the Green House Gas Inventory 2023 containing the information will be made public by the end of May 2025.

Article applied

Article 36 - Information intended for future publication

(1) Information is qualified exempt information if, at the time when the request for the

information is made, the information is being held by a public authority with a view to its being published within 12 weeks of the date of the request.

(2) A scheduled public authority that refuses an application for information on this ground

must make reasonable efforts to inform the applicant –

(a) of the date when the information will be published;

(b) of the manner in which it will be published; and

(c) by whom it will be published.

(3) In this Article, “published” means published –

(a) by a public authority; or

(b) by any other person.

Public Interest Test

Article 36 is a qualified exemption, which means that a public interest test must be undertaken to examine the circumstances of the case and decide whether, on balance, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

Public interest considerations favouring disclosure:

Disclosure of the information would support transparency and promote accountability to the general public. 

Public interest considerations favouring withholding the information:   

It is intended to publish the relevant documentation on www.gov.je within 12 weeks of the receipt of this request. It is reasonable for government to publish reports in an orderly manner, following completion of appropriate internal processes, and publishing in advance, and in such close proximity to the expected publication date, would potentially undermine the orderly publication and conduct of government work (when the public benefit of earlier publication under the Law would derive limited benefit).​