Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs - Primary Legislation

Climate Change (No. 1) Bill

The First Stage of the Climate Change (No.1) Bill was completed on 22 March 2021.

The purpose of the Bill is to enable the mitigation of the impact of climate change in Northern Ireland; establish a legally binding net-zero carbon target for Northern Ireland; provide for the establishment and powers of the Northern Ireland Climate Commissioner and Northern Ireland Climate Office; guarantee existing environmental and climate protections; and for connected purposes.

• Bill as introduced (HTM)
• Bill as introduced (PDF)
• Explanatory and Financial Memorandum (HTM)
• Explanatory and Financial Memorandum (PDF)

• Call for Evidence - Submit your views
• Written Submissions

Minutes of Proceedings of meetings where the Bill was considered

Other Written Submissions

• Alliance for Sustainability Leadership in Education.pdf
• Belcoo Frack.pdf
• Breastival .pdf
• Code Monitoring NI.pdf
• Consumer Council .pdf
• Evangelical Allince.pdf
• Federation of Housing Associations.pdf
• National Lottery Heritage Fund.pdf
• NILGA.pdf
• RCPCH.pdf
• RCPsych.pdf
• RES.pdf
• RSPB.pdf
• SONI NI.pdf
• SSE.pdf
• Style Records.pdf
• Sustainable Energy Forum.pdf
• The Gathering.pdf
• Windwatch NI.pdf
• Women's Policy Group.pdf
• Women's Resource and Development Agency .pdf
• Women's Support Network.pdf

Committee Report

• Read the Committee's report on the Climate Change Bill.