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# The Carbon Budget Order 2026

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

2026 No. 695
Climate Change
The Carbon Budget Order 2026
Made
25th June 2026
Coming into force
26th June 2026
The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8(1) of the Climate Change Act 2008 (“the Act”).
A draft of this instrument was laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament, in accordance with sections 8(3) and 91(1) of the Act.
Before the draft was laid, the Secretary of State took into account—
(a) the advice of the Committee on Climate Change under section 34 of the Act, in accordance with section 9(1)(a) of the Act; and
(b) any representations made by the Scottish Ministers, the Welsh Ministers and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland, in accordance with section 9(1)(b) of the Act.
This Order is made in accordance with the duty to set carbon budgets for budgetary periods imposed by sections 4(1)(a) and 8(1) of the Act, and is made with a view to—
(a) meeting the target in section 1 (the target for 2050), and the requirements of section 5 (requirements as to level of carbon budgets), of the Act; and
(b) complying with the European and international obligations of the United Kingdom.
The Secretary of State has taken into account the matters mentioned in section 10(2) of the Act.

## 1 Citation, commencement and extent {#article-1}

(1) This Order may be cited as the Carbon Budget Order 2026.
(2) This Order comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
(3) This Order extends to the United Kingdom.

## 2 Carbon budget {#article-2}

The carbon budget for the 2038-2042 budgetary period is 535,000,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent.