Last edited 01 May 2025

Flaring

Climate Change 2021 – The Physical Science Basis, Annex VII: Glossary, written by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and published by Cambridge University Press in 2023, defines flaring as: ‘Open air burning of waste gases and volatile liquids, through a chimney, at oil wells or rigs, in refineries or chemical plants, and at landfills.’

The Energy White Paper, Powering our Net Zero Future (CP 337), published in December 2020 by HM Government, defines flaring as: ‘The controlled burning of unwanted or excess natural gases.’

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