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West Lothian Council

… Goals In a drive towards a low carbon future, the Scottish Government set out ambitious emissions reductions targets in the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009. The targets were amended and updated in the Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2019, with the new goal of reducing Scotland’s emissions of all greenhouse gases to net-zero by 2045 at the latest, with interim…

… are driving down emissions. RPP3 sets out the path to a low carbon economy while helping to deliver sustainable economic growth and secure the wider benefits to a greener, fairer and healthier Scotland in 2032. 7West Lothian Council - Climate Change Strategy Scotland’s National Performance Framework This Strategy has been developed in line with the outcomes and values set out in Scotland’s…

… and transport. West Lothian Wide Emissions Statistical data for carbon dioxide emissions at a local authority level is published annually by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and includes estimated emissions from the industrial and commercial sector, domestic emissions including from gas and electricity consumption and emissions from transport. From 2014 the dataset…

… previous Carbon Management Plans that council emissions had broadly followed national reductions and that our original 2020 reduction target of 20% would give us an equivalent reduction of 42% from 1990 levels (equalling the Scottish Governments original interim target). This would put the council’s 1990 emissions figure at around 85,700 tonnes CO₂e. On that basis, the revised interim target…

…/27 2027/28 Figure 5: Emissions projection to 2028 4 Community Planning Partnership It is recognised that a sustained partnership effort is required to achieve our net zero carbon target, involving all public agencies, businesses and communities across West Lothian. It is also important that the response to the Climate Emergency is community-led. A great deal of work has been carried out…