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…: Scotland was one of the first nations to sign up to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) (Figure 1) which were adopted to solve global challenges such as poverty, inequality, war, environmental degradation, as well as climate change. Tackling climate Response to the Threat of Climate Change. Sustainable Development, and Efforts to Eradicate Poverty. https://www. ipcc. ch/sr15…

… become an unescapable topic, and our children and our communities are asking us to act. • Social: Tackling climate change provides an opportunity to secure cleaner air, safer travel routes, cheaper energy, green jobs, thriving wildlife and healthier more sustainable communities, bringing economic and social benefits to Council staff and the communities they serve. • Ethical…

… organisational emissions are updated annually and reported to the Scottish Government through the Public Bodies Climate Change Duty Reporting (PBCCD) since 2010/11. 1.6 Agree to allocate £60,000 of the £300,000 sustainability fund allocated within the Council’s 2021/22 revenue budget to recruit a Funding Development Officer, to maximise external funding in support of further activities to reduce…

…, the Council has publicly reported its organisational emissions annually to the Scottish Government through Public Bodies Climate Change Duty Reporting (PBCCD). The Council’s carbon footprint scope is presented in Appendix 1 of the plan. 3 3.4 In 2019/20, the Council achieved a 62 %1 reduction compared to a 2005/06 baseline, substantially exceeding its previous target of achieving a 42…

… and are based on a linear reduction pathway. The 2017/18 to 2019/20 carbon budget has been retrospectively determined for illustration purposes based on cumulated historic emissions. 1 Since the last November Committee report, diesel and petrol figures have been revised, increasing the emission reduction from 60 to 62 %. Changes have been submitted on time for the Public Bodies Climate Change Duties…