Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs - Primary Legislation
Climate Change (No. 2) Bill
The First Stage of the Climate Change (No.2) Bill was completed on 5 July 2021.
Northern Ireland is not immune to the severity of the impacts of a changing climate and it is important that it plays its part in the global and UK effort to tackle climate change. The Bill aims to achieve this by creating a framework that will establish a pathway to achieving emission reduction targets which will ensure that Northern Ireland makes a fair and equitable contribution to the achievement of the UK 2050 Net Zero target. In doing so this will help to ensure that Northern Ireland develops a greener, low carbon circular economy in which the environment can prosper and be protected.
- Bill as introduced (HTM)
- Bill as introduced (PDF, 24 pages, 305KB)
- Explanatory and Financial Memorandum (HTM)
- Explanatory and Financial Memorandum (PDF, 19 pages, 413KB)
The Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs is now seeking views and evidence on this Bill as it is anticipated that it will be referred to the Committee for scrutiny in September 2021.
- Find out further information and how to submit your views (Please note the deadline for submissions closes Thursday 30 September 2021)
At its meeting of 14 October 2021 the Committee received oral evidence from DAERA and the Agri-food Sector which included Dairy Council NI, LMC, NIGTA, NIMEA and UFU written briefing below)
- Written Submissions
- DAERA briefing paper - Climate Change (No.2) Bill (PDF, 4 pages, 613KB)
OFFICIAL REPORT
- 30 September 2021 - RaISe briefing
- 7 October 2021 - Agri-food Sector briefing
- 14 October 2021 - DAERA briefing
- 21 October 2021 - Climate NI; Friends of the Earth; National Trust; NIEL; RSPB briefings
- 21 October 2021 - UKCCC briefing
- 4 November 2021 - EJNI; NILGA; RCN briefings
- 11 November 2021 - CIWM; FSB; Sustainable NI; Ulster Wildlife briefings
