… Climate Change Action Plan CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION PLAN Taking action for a net zero future CONTENTS This publication is available digitally and free to download from West Dunbartonshire Council website: https://www.west-dunbarton.gov.uk/council/strategies-plans-and-policies/council-wide-plans- and-strategies/sustainable…
… Delivery and Monitoring 23 Governance 23 Reviewing Progress 23 CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION PLAN - TAKING ACTION FOR A NET ZERO FUTURE I am delighted to introduce West Dunbartonshire’s new Climate Change Action Plan, which sets out the immediate and longer term actions the Council will need to take to respond to the climate emergency, both in relation to reducing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions…
…. FOREWORD CONTEXT Councillor Iain McLaren, Convener of Infrastructure, Regeneration and Economic Development Vision In January 2021, the Council launched a new Climate Change Strategy in response to the global climate emergency, setting a long term target for West Dunbartonshire becoming net zero by 2045, following a similar trajectory to the national target set for Scotland as a whole…
… DUMBARTON CLYDEBANK WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE 4 5 CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION PLAN - TAKING ACTION FOR A NET ZERO FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION PLAN - TAKING ACTION FOR A NET ZERO FUTURE NATIONAL AND REGIONAL DRIVERS 02 The legal and policy drivers In a drive towards a low carbon economy, the Scottish Government set world leading Climate Change targets to reduce Scotland’s carbon…
…% reduction by 2020 (replacing the original 50% target); • 75% reduction by 2030; • 90% reduction by 2040; and • ‘Net Zero’ emissions by 2045. The commissioning of the project aligned with the renewal of the Council’s Energy Strategy and Carbon Management Plan, providing an ideal opportunity to integrate all documents into one Climate Change Strategy. Whilst the climate emergency has focused minds…