Including the closely related terms poverty, and fuel poverty.
… is likely to face significant environmental challenges arising from climate change. There is also a clear risk that systematic and structural problems, such as widespread fuel poverty and the very high transport costs, already experienced in Shetland, could be made worse as changes in energy sources and systems happen. Solutions that clearly recognise these existing inequalities, are actively designed…
… seek to combine the inevitable change that energy transition requires, with the opportunity that our underlying energy rich positioning continues to offer, to resolve a perplexing conundrum. Despite the fact that Shetland provides energy supplies that power big cities and key industries, we endure the highest energy prices and some of the highest levels of fuel poverty in the whole of the UK…
… change response, and we can make substantial gains in areas of fuel poverty, rural isolation and exclusion, transport poverty and potentially other structural issues. Finding the best approaches for Shetland, and remote and rural communities and islands generally, will be a challenge. It will be very important to ensure that national initiatives are “island proofed” when considering climate…
… to take advantage of increased government funding and initiatives in support of active travel Appendix 1 Climate Change – Strategic Outline Programme 13 Jan 2020 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 21 Threats An increase in fuel poverty or transport costs leads to Shetland becoming much less attractive as a place…