Including 7 closely related terms such as change adaptation, climate change, and climate change.
… base available on what climate impacts will be. Fifteen Key Consequences were highlighted in the Scottish Climate Change Adaptation Programme (2014): • The productivity of our agriculture and forests • The occurrence of pests and diseases • The quality of our soils • The health of our natural environment • The security of our food supply • The availability and quality of water…
… of the Shetland environment, economy and society. Appendix 1 Climate Change – Strategic Outline Programme 13 Jan 2020 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 6 All public bodies have duties and obligations under legislation to produce adaption plans to help cope with these changes, and to produce mitigation plans to reduce climate…
… of planning, target setting or delivery will be the formal duty of the Council. These are the subject of the consultation on “The role of Public Sector Bodies in tackling climate change”. However, the requirements on the Council are likely to be unavoidably “direct” in respect of the first scope and we will be expected to at least “lead and influence” with respect to the second. It is also…
… are; The Council has appropriate and robust; o Climate Change Adaption plans (sea level change, extreme weather events, global warming etc.) and o Climate Change Mitigation plans (Carbon and other greenhouse gas reduction) for its own estate and services; and provides leadership and positive influence in this area for the whole of Shetland. (adaption and mitigation delivery actions) These plans…
…, targets and timelines for Climate Change adaption and carbon reduction, which we will now be required to meet. This Strategic Outline Programme is intended to collate the information that could help to address that integration issue and allow structured forward planning. The format for future reporting will have to be integrated with public bodies reporting requirements currently being…