Current status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 19 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to review and improve the carbon calculator used to assess wind farm developments on peatlands, in light of the reported findings by ClimateXChange that it requires updating.
The study published by ClimateXChange earlier this year was the first phase of a review of the Carbon Calculator. The Scottish Government is currently working towards commissioning a second phase of work which will be informed by the findings of the first, and which will report in due course.