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… Agreement. ♦ The Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) Act 2019 has amended greenhouse gas emissions targets under the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009, with a Scottish Government target to reduce Scotland’s greenhouse gases emissions to net-zero* by 2045 at the latest. With interim reduction targets: - 56% below the baseline by 2020 - 75% below the baseline by 2030 - 90% below…

… of: - The Scottish Government emission reduction target of Net Zero by 2045 (the net-zero emission target). Climate Change (Emission Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2019 - Scotland’s Climate Change Adaptation Programme - Aberdeen Local Outcome Improvement Plan’s stretch outcome on addressing climate change. 1.2 Key milestones to 2025 Figure 1: key milestones diagram 2030 Review & publish revised…

… to combat climate change and its impacts. Alignment with the SDGs is included in section 7. National ♦ The Climate Change Act 2008 sets a framework for a UK reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and provision for adaptation to climate change. ♦ The Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 set climate change duties for public bodies which include: - contributing to the delivery of national emission…

… targets - adapting to help deliver the national adaptation programme - acting sustainably ♦ The Committee on Climate Change report 2019, Net Zero: the UK Government Committee contribution to stopping global warming, was produced in response to a request to reassess the UK’s long- term emissions targets. It stated net-zero is necessary, to meet UK commitments as a signatory of the Paris…

… the baseline by 2040 ♦ The Climate Change (Duties of Public Bodies: Reporting Requirements) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2020 amends the information public bodies must include in annual Climate Change Reports. Future reports will ask organisatiaons for their target date for zero direct emissions, for reducing indirect emissions and how they will align spending plans and use of resources to delivering…