Climate Change Act 2008
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Public General Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom
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- Official name
- An Act to set a target for the year 2050 for the reduction of targeted greenhouse gas emissions; to provide for a system of carbon budgeting; to establish a Committee on Climate Change; to confer powers to establish trading schemes for the purpose of limiting greenhouse gas emissions or encouraging activities that reduce such emissions or remove greenhouse gas from the atmosphere; to make provision about adaptation to climate change; to confer powers to make schemes for providing financial incentives to produce less domestic waste and to recycle more of what is produced; to make provision about the collection of household waste; to confer powers to make provision about charging for single use carrier bags; to amend the provisions of the Energy Act 2004 about renewable transport fuel obligations; to make provision about carbon emissions reduction targets; to make other provision about climate change; and for connected purposes.
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Main subject
- global warming
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- WikiProject Climate change
- short name
- Climate Change Act 2008
- applies to jurisdiction
- United Kingdom
- language of work or name
- English language
- date of promulgation
- 2008-11-26
- legislated by
- Parliament of the United Kingdom
- legal citation of this text
- 2008 c. 27
- work available at URL
- www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/27/contents
- publication date
- 2008-00-00
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