Climate Change Act (Northern Ireland) 2022

Type Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly
Publication 2022-06-06
Last updated 2024-12-12
State In force
Jurisdiction Northern Ireland
Department Statute Law Database
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Sectoral plans for energy

Renewable electricity consumption

Sectoral plans for infrastructure

Sectoral plans for industrial processes

Sectoral plans for waste management

Sectoral plans for agriculture

Sectoral plans for fisheries

Sectoral plans for transport

Active travel

Carbon budgets

Emissions not to exceed carbon budget

Setting of carbon budgets: principles

Setting of carbon budgets: social, environmental and economic factors

Setting of carbon budgets: timing

Carrying amounts from one budgetary period to another

Proposals and policies for meeting carbon budget

Requirements for proposals and policies under section 29

Just Transition Fund for Agriculture

Proposals and policies: targets

Proposals and policies: further provision

Proposals and policies: nature based solutions

Proposals and policies: workforce, employers and communities

Proposals and policies: carbon leakage

Just Transition Commission

Interim progress reporting for budgetary period

Final statement for budgetary period

Proposals and policies where carbon budget not met

Statements on compliance with emissions targets

Climate change reporting by public bodies

Progress report during first budgetary period

Progress reports after statement about each budgetary period

Progress report after statement about emissions target for 2030

Progress report after statement about emissions target for 2040

Response to progress reports

Adaptation programme reports

Response to adaptation programme reports

Northern Ireland Climate Commissioner

Climate action plan

Duties to ensure that targets etc are met

Regulations: general

Regulations that amend or add an emissions target or amend a carbon budget

Regulations that specify a different baseline year or change a budgetary period

Requirement to obtain advice about proposals to make regulations

Advice about proposed regulations relating to targets

Advice about proposed regulations relating to budgets

Meaning of “carbon unit”

Meaning of “greenhouse gas”

Meaning and measurement of emissions

Meaning of “sector”

Other definitions

Commencement

Short title

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