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....