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Northern Ireland will soon have its first laws to tackle climate change after MLAs at Stormont passed new, specific legislation.<\/p>\n

Agriculture and Environment Minister Edwin Poots had brought the bill. It will include a target for net zero emissions by 2050 and the appointment of a climate change commissioner.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Stormont Assembly had been in an unusual position that two pieces of legislation on the same issue were going through the legislative process. But a separate, more ambitious climate change bill from Green leader Clare Bailey will now not proceed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ms Bailey said that as her party and others had amended Mr Poots’ bill to make it “stronger than previously proposed”, she would not continue to push her bill.<\/p>\n

“This has been a democratically developed bill and now is the time we ensure its delivery,” she added.<\/p>\n

Northern Ireland has been the only part of the UK without climate legislation.<\/p>\n

Mr Poots had originally proposed an 82% reduction in emissions by 2050.<\/p>\n

But in February the assembly voted to amend that to a net zero target by the same date, saying it would bring Northern Ireland in line with other parts of the UK.<\/p>\n

The bill also now includes legal provision for Just Transition – support for sectors to adjust without being unduly penalised.<\/p>\n

And the required reduction in methane, a potent greenhouse gas mostly produced by agriculture, will be limited to 46% under the new laws, following an amendment brought by Mr Poots during an earlier stage of debate.<\/p>\n

There had previously been criticism that Northern Ireland had lagged behind Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland on tackling climate change.<\/p>\n

The collapse of the Stormont assembly for three years between 2017 and 2020 meant legislation could not proceed.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Mr Poots hit back at accusations from other parties that he had delayed acting on the issue since becoming agriculture and environment minister in 2020.<\/p>\n

“I am pleased my climate change bill has got to this stage… some said I could not or would not bring this forward but it’s clear, as I stand here today, those accusations were unfounded,” he said.<\/p>\n

He argued that Ms Bailey’s original bill and some of her proposals were badly drafted and economically damaging.<\/p>\n

But Ms Bailey said the assembly needed to play its part in tackling climate change with the “building blocks” which have now been provided.<\/p>\n

“It’s a good news day and I am delighted that we have something which we can build on now,” she said.<\/p>\n

She added that the bill, which has now been passed, is not much different from the private members bill she had proposed.<\/p>\n

“During the consideration stage, the ministers bill was significantly amended to almost mirror the private members bill,” she said.<\/p>\n

“There was little point in pushing two nearly identical bills through given the time pressure we were under.<\/p>\n

“But we have what we have, which is the foundations and building blocks on which we build.”<\/p>\n

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