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Shetland Islands Council

…. The structural and systematic burdens of high energy costs for all transport, heating and business processes creates a constant downward drag on the economic and social sustainability of communities, families and individuals in Shetland. These very high energy costs are most likely part of the explanation why Shetland’s population is now persistently declining while the rest of Scotland and the UK…

…. Reporting on Council energy use and emissions is provided periodically through the Carbon Management Plan. The 2018-19 update report is included as Appendix A. The Council also submits a statutory annual Climate Change Duties Report to the Scottish Government as required by the The Climate Change (Duties of Public Bodies: Reporting Requirements) (Scotland) Order 2015 (secondary legislation…

…. These type of risk / SWOT exercises would be repeated during sectoral analysis as the Shetland Climate Change Plan is developed. Strengths / Weaknesses / Opportunities / Threats (SWOT) Analysis Shetland as a whole – (the Wide Scope) Strengths  Abundance of largely untapped renewable energy sources (wind, wave and tidal)  Measurable progress in energy efficiency in buildings, vehicles…

…  Some success and expertise in levering in external and Government funding for energy effi- ciency and carbon reduction works  Good level of good practice success cases available to use as encouragement for others to fol- low suite in energy efficiency upgrades in the domestic sector  Good practice and local knowledge cases available for food growing locally to expand that sec- tor…

… to date Shetland wide baseline for energy consumption and carbon emission  Too many energy inefficient buildings - domestic, public and commercial -resulting in much higher usage of energy than need be  Public sector resource constraints unless actively levering in external funding to deliver works  Proliferation of micro SME’s unwilling to take on paper heavy accreditations needed for work…