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Midlothian Council

… but it is designed to be an iterative process and reviewed and updated annually. The newly constituted Climate Change Board will oversea this process, the preparation of a new Carbon Management Plan and the Public Bodies Climate Change Duties annual reports. The strategy and Action Plan have been published together and should be read as one document. The strategy is an iterative process and will change over…

… to achieve our 2030 target. The strategy sets out a clear vision and set of objectives, to highlight what we can, and must do to combat climate change and highlights some of the challenges to achieving this. It focuses on a number of themes including Energy Efficiency; Recycling & Waste; Sustainable Development; Sustainable Travel; Business Processes; Carbon Management; Governance &…

… net carbon zero by 2030; To establish a Citizens Assembly and Climate Change Partnership Group to engage the wider population, business, education and scientific sectors in the climate change debate; To raise awareness about the impacts and risks from a changing climate; To take a ‘One Council’ approach to reducing carbon emissions and putting this objective at the heart of our…

… for staff to travel to work (at peak times of the day) and reducing carbon emissions at the same time. 5.6 Midlothian is the fastest growing local authority area in Scotland. An ambitious programme of house building will present challenges to meeting CO2 reduction targets. It also presents an opportunity to affect change through the MLDP, planning application and building standards processes…

… the programme the Government has put in place a range of measures including a Low Carbon Infrastructure Transition Programme (LCITP) (11) which offers, amongst other things, financial support for low carbon projects covering a wide range of technologies, including low carbon and renewable heat. 5.10 The Council supports the Government’s approach to energy efficiency and decarbonisation of heat networks…