Including the closely related terms government, and scottish government.
… is invited to note: 2.1. That the Climate Change Duties Report, attached as Appendix 1 to this report, which covers the period 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020, summarises the actions that have been undertaken by the Council during this period to fulfil its climate change duties. 2.2. That the Climate Change Duties Report is due for submission to the Scottish Government by 30 November 2020…
…. It is recommended: 2.3. That the Climate Change Duties Report, attached as Appendix 1 to this report, be approved for submission to the Scottish Government. 3. Background 3.1. Each of Scotland’s 32 local authorities signed Scotland’s Climate Change Declaration in early 2007. As signatories to the Declaration, each local authority is committed to the following actions: • Providing effective leadership…
… objectives are integrated into corporate business plans and action is embedded across all departments. 3.4. Climate Change Duties reporting was previously administered by the Sustainable Scotland Network, but this responsibility has now been taken in-house by the Scottish Government. Reports previously submitted by the Council continue to be available at https://sustainablescotlandnetwork.org…
…/reports/orkney-islands-council. 4. Orkney Islands Council Climate Change Duties Report 2019 to 2020 4.1. In previous years, the Climate Change Duties Report has been completed on an online template. The Scottish Government had intended to provide a new reporting platform for the current reporting period; however, this has not been achieved in time. Report writers have been advised to either…
… update an Excel version of their organisation’s report for 2018/19 or use a one-year spreadsheet template provided by the Scottish Government. The one-year spreadsheet template was found to be incompatible with the data entry requirements of Part 3 of the report; therefore, officers opted to update an Excel version of the Council’s report for 2018/19. https…