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32.—(1) Climate action plans must contain targets to be achieved during the relevant budgetary period in the following areas—
(a)soil quality, and
(b)biodiversity;
but these targets are subject to subsection (2) of this section.
(2) Targets under subsection (1) must be set in a way best calculated to achieve the relevant carbon budget after taking the following matters into account—
(a)international law, including, in particular, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change;
(b)the impact of such targets on the environment of Northern Ireland;
(c)the impact of such targets on public health and well-being;
(d)the impact of such targets on fiscal, economic and social circumstances specific to Northern Ireland;
(e)the just transition principle;
(f)the transboundary impact.
(3) Climate action plans must also include annual targets on—
(a)greenhouse gas emissions, and
(b)air quality.
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