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Aberdeen City Council

… Council (albeit aligned to the Strategic Outcomes). • Calculating and publishing the direct and indirect (e.g. supply chain) contribution of the city to regional and national carbon reduction budgets and targets, thereby supporting the case for further investment via Aberdeen. 6. PUBLIC REPORTING OF PROGRESS & OUTCOMES • Producing an Annual Progress & Impact Report showing the steps…

…. This means being a destination for focused UK and international investment in alternative energy solutions and markets, particularly hydrogen, offshore wind and carbon capture and storage. It also means leveraging the natural geographical strengths and the competitive advantages of the unrivalled depth of skills, technologies and supply chain capacity that we have in Aberdeen, together…

… with our local, national and international partners – acting in concert to deliver a positive environmental and socio-economic legacy for our city and its people, whilst anchoring Aberdeen, Scotland and the UK’s competitive position in a post-carbon world, fuelled by clean energy. To achieve this, we need to redefine Aberdeen’s progressive role in the world. There is a wealth of evidence to show…

… that even though the wealthiest in society have released the majority of carbon emissions, it is the poorest that are hit the hardest by the impacts of the climate crisis. Moving to a future of net zero carbon emissions and beyond, whilst ensuring that everyone can prosper, regardless of status or income, is often termed a ‘just transition’ and should be a key guiding principle for Aberdeen. So…

… we all need to make the journey together, we need leaders to show the way, with urgency. As the Committee on Climate Change has stated, the national target for net zero carbon emissions by 2045 represents a step-change in ambition for Scotland, requiring urgent action across every sector. It has been shown that climate-resilient cities provide a mission-critical solution to furthering…