The Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026

Explanatory note

Reproduced verbatim from the instrument as published on legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). The note is prepared by the responsible government department and is not part of the instrument itself.

These Regulations make a change in respect of emissions to be counted as emissions from sources in the United Kingdom for the purposes of Part I of the Climate Change Act 2008 (c.27) .

Regulation 2 provides for the UK share of emissions from international aviation and international shipping to count as emissions from sources in the United Kingdom for the 2033-2037 budgetary period and all subsequent budgetary periods. The UK share of emissions from international aviation and international shipping is to be such emissions of greenhouse gases as the United Kingdom is required to report in accordance with international carbon reporting practice.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.