The Carbon Accounting (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2025

• Citation: S.I. 2025/1270 (W.)
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Title and coming into force

(1) The title of these Regulations is the Carbon Accounting (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2025.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 5 December 2025.

Section 2 Amendment of the Carbon Accounting (Wales) Regulations 2018

(1) The Carbon Accounting (Wales) Regulations 2018 are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), omit the definition of “the Kyoto Protocol”.

(3) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), at the appropriate place insert—

“ the Paris Agreement ” (“ Cytundeb Paris ”) means the Paris Agreement signed in Paris on 22 April 2016;

(4) For regulation 3, substitute—

(3)

(1) For the purposes of Part 2 of the Environment (Wales) Act 2016, Article 6.4 emissions reductions are carbon units.

(2) Each carbon unit has a value of 1 tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent.

(3) In this regulation, “Article 6.4 emissions reduction” means a credit issued under Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement and the decisions adopted under the UNFCCC or the Paris Agreement.