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… to the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009). Appendix 1 Climate Change – Strategic Outline Programme 13 Jan 2020 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 14 The recent Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Bill has brought forward the obligation on public bodies to achieve “net Zero” carbon emissions and developed…

… economy. Currently there is no requirement for Public Sector Bodies to report on the year by which they intend to achieve zero greenhouse gas emissions, either from their own estate and operations (their direct emissions) or, in the case of Local Authorities, for their Local Authority area. It is accepted by the Scottish Government that a lot of what individual Public Sector Bodies…

… will be able to achieve in terms of reducing their emissions will be dependent on what progress is made in the rest of society. Within 6 months of the Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Bill receiving Royal Assent the Government will update the Climate Change Plan, setting out the pathway to decarbonisation for Scotland as a whole. We also expect that further clarity…

…. (organisational support arrangements) 3.3 Existing arrangements Please state what the existing arrangements are in relation to the programme for which approval is being sought. Climate Change and carbon reduction has been recognised as an issue for a number of years and significant mitigations have been delivered locally and nationally over that period, however much remains to be done…

… the responsibilities of local authorities in target setting, reporting and facilitating local arrangements. The Council has a “Carbon Reduction” strategy for its own built estate and vehicle fleet with associated action plans. There are also substantive strategies and plans for waste management. Other sectors, such as transport and land use have well developed strategies that include objectives around…