Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 34925

Aviation and Shipping: Carbon Emissions

Tabled: 3 March 2025
Answered: 11 March 2025

Question

Munira Wilson

Liberal DemocratTwickenham

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

Kerry McCarthy
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...

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