# Climate Change Act (Northern Ireland) 2022, Section 32: Proposals and policies: targets

Extent: N.I.

(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2022/31/section/32 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/climate-change-act-northern-ireland-2022/section-32
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