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<p>The Department is consulting with UK Overseas Territories as to whether they would
like to have the UK’s ratification of the Paris Agreement extended to them. For those
UK Overseas Territories that so choose, the Department will work with them to ensure
they are ready to implement the Paris Agreement and to regularly report to the Department
on that implementation.</p><p> </p><p>Under the accounting and transparency rules
for the Paris Agreement agreed at COP24 in December 2018, any UK Overseas Territories
included in the geographic scope of UK’s ratification of the Paris Agreement in future
will also need to be included in the UK’s accounting for and regular reporting on
emissions under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.</p><p> </p><p>The UK
was the first major economy in the world to legislate for a net zero target. The target
is enshrined under the Climate Change Act 2008 which does not apply to UK Overseas
Territories.</p>
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