# Climate Change Act (Northern Ireland) 2022, Section 25: Setting of carbon budgets: principles

Extent: N.I.

The Department must—
(a) set the carbon budget for each budgetary period up to and including the budgetary period 2048 to 2052 at a level that it is satisfied is consistent with meeting the emissions targets for 2050 (see section 1);
(b) set the carbon budget for the budgetary periods 2033 to 2037 and 2038 to 2042 at a level that it is satisfied is consistent with meeting the emissions target for 2040 (see section 3); and
(c) set the carbon budget for the budgetary periods 2023 to 2027 and 2028 to 2032 at a level that it is satisfied is consistent with meeting the emissions targets for 2030 and 2040 (see sections 3 and 4).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2022/31/section/25 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/climate-change-act-northern-ireland-2022/section-25
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