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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…

…, in turn, are legally required to provide guidance to Public Sector Bodies to help them with this. Public Sector Bodies, including the Council, are also legally required to report annually on their greenhouse gas emissions and what they are doing to help adapt to a changing climate. The Scottish Ministers must ensure that the net Scottish emissions account for the year— (a) 2020 is at least 56…

… 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…

… consulted on. That update will also be required to review targets, bearing in mind the emissions targets recently adopted by the Scottish Government. That new reporting format will be implemented in the Shetland Climate Change Plan proposed as a key action from this programme. It is anticipated that the first revision of that plan will be reported in parallel with the publication of the updated…

… Scottish Climate Change Plan, due March/ April 2020. 3.4 Business needs Please state what the current and future business needs are in relation to the existing position within the proposed programme. The Council is the Local Authority for Shetland and has a duty as a public body to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and support Scotland’s adaptation to a changing climate. Scottish Ministers…