Section 32 Proposals and policies: targetsI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

Climate action plans must contain targets to be achieved during the relevant budgetary period in the following areas—

(a)

soil quality, and

(b)

biodiversity;

but these targets are subject to subsection (2) of this section.

(2)

Targets under subsection (1) must be set in a way best calculated to achieve the relevant carbon budget after taking the following matters into account—

(a)

international law, including, in particular, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change;

(b)

the impact of such targets on the environment of Northern Ireland;

(c)

the impact of such targets on public health and well-being;

(d)

the impact of such targets on fiscal, economic and social circumstances specific to Northern Ireland;

(e)

the just transition principle;

(f)

the transboundary impact.

(3)

Climate action plans must also include annual targets on—

(a)

greenhouse gas emissions, and

(b)

air quality.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: S. 32 in operation at 7.6.2022, see s. 64