# Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009, Section 18: Measurement of emissions etc.

Extent: S

(1) For the purposes of this Act, greenhouse gas emissions, reductions of such emissions and removals of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere are measured or calculated in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent.
(2) A “tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent” means one metric tonne of carbon dioxide or an amount of any other greenhouse gas with an equivalent global warming potential (determined, in so far as reasonably practicable, consistently with current international carbon reporting practice or, for the purposes of assessing and reporting in accordance with sections 33 and 34A, target-relevant international carbon reporting practice).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2009/12/section/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/climate-change-scotland-act-2009/section-18
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