Climate Change Act definition
Examples of Climate Change Act in a sentence
The Supplier shall in the performance of this Contract have due regard to the Board’s Sustainability and Environmental Management Policy, a copy of which is attached and in addition, shall assist the Board and/or NGS Trading (as appropriate) in meeting Scottish Government targets associated with the Climate Change Act.
The Provider shall use its best endeavours to comply with the requirements of the Climate Change Act (2008), the NHS Carbon Reduction Strategy (2009) and any future updates or any such equivalent law of the geological location where the work takes place.
The Climate Change Act places a duty on the College to contribute to carbon emissions reduction targets; contribute to climate change adaptation; and to act sustainably.
The Tenant acknowledges and accepts that the Landlord's decisions under this Lease and/or any Law may be informed by the Landlord’s assessment of the potential impact of the decision on climate change in accordance with s 17 and s 20 of the Climate Change Act 2017.
Nor does this Memorandum supersede the CCC's duties under the Environment Act in respect of its dealings with the OEP or ▇▇▇▇▇▇ the CCC’s discretion to carry out its statutory duties under the Climate Change Act 2008.
This function of monitoring environmental law excludes certain climate change mitigation matters within the remit of the CCC as set out in Part 1 and sections 34 to 36 (Advice in connection with carbon budgets, Advice on emissions from international aviation and international shipping, and Reports on progress towards meeting the carbon budgets respectively) and 48 (Procedure for making Regulations on which the CCC provides advice) of the Climate Change Act 2008.
The climate target of at least 40% reduction in 2030 is established by law in the Norwegian Climate Change Act.
As detailed by in ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ et al (2018), the Climate Change Act provides both a statutory long-term target (for 2050) and a set of statutory medium-term targets (over a period five years).
This flagship legislation was the first legislative act to translate climate mitigation targets into law, committing the government to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by at least 80% below 1990 levels by 2050 (Climate Change Act, 2008)5.
Industry is being pushed towards net-zero through legislation such as the Climate Change Act NI(2022) which sets out a target for NI to be net zero by 2050 compared to baseline figures.