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… to the Scottish Government; our most recent Climate Change Report is detailed in a Members’ Library Service report1 (December 2020). Context: the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Climate Emergency 3.3 2020 has been a hugely challenging year. The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown into sharp relief our reliance on global networks and our relationship with nature. Officers have continued to drive forward change…
… 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…
… the Climate Emergency, and “have shown that they can take significant action on food and the climate and nature emergency in a way that meets local needs, empowers citizens, and creates nature-rich green spaces”. 3.11 We continue to liaise at national level with the Scottish Government, national agencies and organisations, and with our partners in the East Lothian Partnership; and we continue…
… to the publication of the Scottish Government’s Climate Change Plan update, and lack of clarity in resulting guidance to local authorities, have delayed the Council in progressing interim targets towards reaching Net Zero; • Uncertainty over the Scottish Government’s Deposit Return Scheme has delayed moving to a Charter aligned kerbside collection model and means we will be unlikely to achieve the national…
… challenging. It should be noted that Climate Change is a rapidly moving area of legislative and policy context and the Council must continue to work closely with the Scottish Government to shape and influence as well as respond to national ambitions to ensure that the necessary measures, powers, and resources are in place to deliver Net Zero. 6.2 Personnel – None 6.3 Other – None 7…