This presents the main messages arising from the consultation on the Role of Public Sector Bodies in Scotland in Tackling Climate Change.
The Scottish Government writes:
This consultation has focused purely on Scottish Public Sector Bodies.
This Executive Summary presents the main messages arising from the consultation on the Role of Public Sector Bodies in Tackling Climate Change.
There is a Global Climate Emergency and everyone across Scotland needs to be part of the solution. Tackling climate change and ensuring we have a sustainable, thriving and healthy environment is critical to our collective wellbeing, and central to the ambitions and responsibilities set out in Scotland’s National Performance Framework. Scotland has already almost halved greenhouse gas emissions since 1990, while simultaneously growing the economy and increasing employment and productivity. We now need to increase our efforts and the pace of change, while maintaining the focus on reducing emissions in a way that supports inclusive economic growth.
This consultation has focused purely on Scottish public sector bodies. Public sector bodies are legally required to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and support Scotland’s adaptation to a changing climate. Scottish Ministers, in turn, are legally required to provide guidance to public sector bodies to help them with this. Public sector bodies are also legally required to report annually on their greenhouse gas emissions and what they are doing to help adapt to a changing climate.
The consultation contained two parts:
- Part 1 – How information is provided and shared, and how public sector bodies collaborate with each other and the rest of Scotland.
- Part 2 – How to improve the reporting arrangements to reduce the administrative burden on public sector bodies, and to drive action.
