… the key principle of a “sustainable and Green Recovery providing the opportunity to ‘build back better’”, and Climate Change is a consideration in the report. National policy update 3.7 The Scottish Government’s Climate Change Plan update setting out their policies and procedures for reaching Net Zero, initially expected in April 2020, was delayed due to COVID and was very recently published…
… on the 16th of December 20202. The updated Plan has a focus on a Green 1 https://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/meetings/meeting/16707/members_library_service (Report 138/20) 2 https://www.gov.scot/publications/securing-green-recovery-path-net-zero-update-climate-change- plan-20182032/?mc_cid=862fa4b269&mc_eid=9dfd1488b6 https…
…://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/meetings/meeting/16707/members_library_service https://www.gov.scot/publications/securing-green-recovery-path-net-zero-update-climate-change-plan-20182032/?mc_cid=862fa4b269&mc_eid=9dfd1488b6 https://www.gov.scot/publications/securing-green-recovery-path-net-zero-update-climate-change-plan-20182032/?mc_cid=862fa4b269&mc_eid=9dfd1488b6 Recovery…
… from COVID and sets out the route-map (updated to the period 2032) to achieving net zero by 2045. This (interim) Climate Change Plan update came about as a result of the new and more ambitious emissions reduction targets set by the Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2019. The updated Plan states that the completion of the next full statutory Climate Change Plan…
… Transition to Net Zero; • The Council’s Sustainable Procurement Policy was approved by Cabinet in November 2020, to ensure that goods and services are procured ethically and responsibly, from ethical and sustainable sources, including 3 https://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/meetings/meeting/16707/members_library_service (Report 138/20) https…