Carbon Emissions: Aviation and Shipping
Commons · Question 34925 · Tabled 3 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Munira Wilson
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will amend the Climate Change Act 2008 to include International Aviation and Shipping in UK carbon budgets.
Answer
Answered by Kerry McCarthy, 11 Mar 2025
The sixth carbon budget will include the UK’s share of international aviation and shipping (IAS) emissions for the first time, in line with the previous administration’s announcement in April 2021. The sixth carbon budget has already been set at 965 MtCO2...