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The House of Lords is due to debate regulations under the Climate Change Act 2008 covering international aviation and international shipping.
The debate is linked to the Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 and an associated regret motion tabled by Lord Moynihan. The regulations form part of the continuing parliamentary scrutiny of how the UK accounts for emissions from transport sectors that have historically been more difficult to include fully in domestic carbon budgets.
The debate comes after renewed warnings from the Climate Change Committee that weakening net zero policy would damage investment and the economy. Ministers are likely to face questions over how aviation and shipping targets fit into wider climate policy, including the seventh carbon budget and the Government’s approach to economic growth.