{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/climate-change-scotland-act-2009/section-A2A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/climate-change-scotland-act-2009/section-A2A.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2009/12",
  "legislation_title": "Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/climate-change-scotland-act-2009",
  "path": "section/A2A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "A2A",
  "heading": "Scottish carbon budgets: 2026 to 2045",
  "text": "(1) The Scottish carbon budget for the period in column 1 of the following table is the corresponding proportion of the budget-relevant baseline in column 2—\nColumn 1\nColumn 2\nScottish carbon budget period\nProportion of budget-relevant baseline\n2026 to 2030\n43%\n2031 to 2035\n31%\n2036 to 2040\n20%\n2041 to 2045\n6%\n(2) In subsection (1), “budget-relevant baseline” means the baseline multiplied by the number of years comprising the period in column 1.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. A2-A5 and cross-heading inserted (23.11.2024) by Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 15), ss. 1(2), 15"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. A2A inserted (10.10.2025) by The Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (Scottish Carbon Budgets) Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/281), regs. 1, 2(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2009/12/section/A2A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:15:34.064396+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}