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Shetland Islands Council

…. Reporting on Council energy use and emissions is provided periodically through the Carbon Management Plan. The 2018-19 update report is included as Appendix A. The Council also submits a statutory annual Climate Change Duties Report to the Scottish Government as required by the The Climate Change (Duties of Public Bodies: Reporting Requirements) (Scotland) Order 2015 (secondary legislation…

… to the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009). Appendix 1 Climate Change – Strategic Outline Programme 13 Jan 2020 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 14 The recent Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Bill has brought forward the obligation on public bodies to achieve “net Zero” carbon emissions and developed…

…, in turn, are legally required to provide guidance to Public Sector Bodies to help them with this. Public Sector Bodies, including the Council, are also legally required to report annually on their greenhouse gas emissions and what they are doing to help adapt to a changing climate. The Scottish Ministers must ensure that the net Scottish emissions account for the year— (a) 2020 is at least 56…

…, are expected to meet these targets. The 2045 scenario for net-zero has all sectors at zero, or virtually zero, emissions except for agriculture, some parts of industry, and international aviation. Remaining emissions from these sectors will need to be balanced, or outweighed, by negative emissions solutions such as tree planting and bioenergy with carbon capture and storage across the whole…

… economy. Currently there is no requirement for Public Sector Bodies to report on the year by which they intend to achieve zero greenhouse gas emissions, either from their own estate and operations (their direct emissions) or, in the case of Local Authorities, for their Local Authority area. It is accepted by the Scottish Government that a lot of what individual Public Sector Bodies…