The Gaia Worshipers have already killed the British economy. This is just piling on.
Posted on 05/03/2026 4:02:55 AM PDT by House Atreides
Emissions from aviation and shipping will be formally included in the UK’s carbon budgets from the Sixth Carbon Budget period, covering 2033 to 2037, under new legislation laid by the Government.
Minister for Climate Katie White confirmed the move in a letter to Transport Select Committee chair Ruth Cadbury.
The statutory instrument brings international aviation and shipping emissions into line with existing planning assumptions and ensures they are counted alongside other sectors in the UK’s net-zero framework through to 2050
A separate instrument sets the use of international credits towards the Fifth Carbon Budget, covering 2028 to 2032, at zero.
Both measures are due to be debated alongside the Carbon Budget Order later in the current parliamentary session.
The Government said the change does not alter existing climate targets or introduce new sector-specific limits. Instead, it formalises accounting practices that had already been assumed in policy planning.
Decarbonisation challenges in aviation:
In aviation, the Government is targeting a reduction of up to 6.3 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent by 2040. Sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) are expected to play a central role.
Under the UK’s SAF mandate, introduced last year, such fuels must account for 10% by 2030 and 22% by 2040.
However, questions remain about the sector’s ability to meet these targets. Industry demand has yet to match projected supply, and some production projects are facing financial difficulties.
Decarbonisation challenges in shipping:
The Government’s updated strategy sets interim emissions targets on the road to net-zero by 2050, compelling vessel owners to reduce their emissions by 30% by 2030, and 80% by 2040, against a 2008 baseline.
Internationally, discussions continue over a potential global carbon levy for shipping. Talks at the International Maritime Organisation meeting (IMO) were delayed last year amid opposition from the US.
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Perhaps they can begin including the CO2 in the exhalations of Brits of Anglo-Saxon and Celtic ethnicities in their annual carbon budgets and find ways of reducing/limiting that breathing.
An honest carbon budget would include food and drink as well as ALL telecommunications.
They worshipped idols so they collapsed and were taken over by foreigners.
A tweet from last night related to the above story...
Joshi Herrmann
@joshi
Shabana Mahmood’s special advisor threatened us with an injunction and two different lawsuits last night in an attempt to block this story linking her to a notorious vote rigging case.
I think it’s strongly in the public interest, so here it is.
From birminghamdispatch.co.uk
10:35 AM · May 2, 2026 406.6K Views
https://x.com/joshi/status/2050585042636652722
The Gaia Worshipers have already killed the British economy. This is just piling on.
They are insane, watching Kanada destroy itself with these kind of policies as well
Well, someone had to go after all the mouth breathers.
As well as an honest “carbon cost” for things like solar panel farms and windmills, batteries, mining, manufacturing…🤔
Beer taps in pubs also use CO2. Weird that.
Indeed. No leftist policy is ever likely to receive an honest cost-benefit analysis or impact assessment.
Carbon budgets assure the decline and disappearance of the country by leaders who have a death wish and a citizenry stupid enough to allow it.
carbon budgets = insanity and money grabbing scam
The U.K. is not dying fast enough; the greenie weenies have to make it die faste.
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