http://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2016/3/section/51Environment (Wales) Act 2016An Act of the National Assembly for Wales to promote sustainable management of natural resources; to provide for targets for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases; to reform the law on charges for carrier bags; to provide for the separate collection of waste, prohibit disposal of food waste to sewers and provide for prohibiting or regulating disposal of waste by incineration; to make provision about several and regulated fisheries for shellfish; to make provision about fees for marine licences; to establish the Flood and Coastal Erosion Committee; and to make minor changes to the law about land drainage and byelaws made by the Natural Resources Body for Wales.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-08-13Expert Participation2024-08-01PART 2CLIMATE CHANGEMeasurement and interpretation
51Measurement of emissions1

For the purposes of this Part, each of the following must be measured or calculated in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent—

a

emissions of greenhouse gases;

b

reductions in greenhouse gas emissions;

c

removals of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.

2

A “tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent” means one metric tonne of carbon dioxide or an amount of any other greenhouse gas with an equivalent global warming potential (calculated consistently with international carbon reporting practice).

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