Jurisdiction: UK
Commencement: 24 March 2021
Amends: The Carbon Accounting Regulations 2009
The Carbon Accounting Regulations 2009 make requirements about carbon units and carbon accounting for the purposes of Part 1 of the Climate Change Act 2008. They introduce a carbon accounting system which will be used to monitor compliance with the targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
These 2021 Regulations give the calculation to be used to take emissions regarding the European Union Emission Trading Scheme into account for the 2019 year. This creates duties for the Government only.
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