- Asked by: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 11 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive which local authorities have ensured that greenhouse gas reduction and climate change adaptation measures are clearly incorporated into their new and existing strategies, plans and programmes, as committed to in Scotland’s Climate Change Declaration, and what carbon reductions are anticipated as a result.
Answer
This is a matter for the local authorities concerned. The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 11 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive which local authorities have produced a plan, with targets and timescales, to achieve a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from their own operations, as committed to in Scotland’s Climate Change Declaration, and what annual carbon reductions will be achieved.
Answer
This is a matter for the local authorities concerned. The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 11 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to help local authorities meet the commitments in Scotland’s Climate Change Declaration.
Answer
The Scottish Government supports the Sustainable Scotland Network, Scottish Climate Change Impacts Partnership and other organisations to provide assistance to local authorities in meeting their commitments in Scotland''s Climate Change Declaration. The Scottish Government works closely with COSLA and other local government interests to develop and review the local government climate change response and to consider what further support may be required.
- Asked by: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 11 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the performance of local authorities against the commitments made in Scotland’s Climate Change Declaration, signed in 2007 by all 32 local authorities.
Answer
Through Scotland''s Climate Change Declaration, all of Scotland''s local authorities have committed themselves to take action, in partnership with the Scottish Government, on climate change. Annual statements of progress are available on the Sustainable Scotland Network website at
www.sustainable-scotland.net/climatechange and the Scottish Government works closely with COSLA and other local government interests to develop and review the local government climate change response. A summary of local authority action on climate change is available in Chapter 9 of
Climate Change in Scotland: Annual Report 2008-09, published by the Scottish Government in June, a copy of which is available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib number 48427).
- Asked by: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 10 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it has taken in co-operation with public bodies to help them comply with their climate change duties.
Answer
The Scottish Government is already working to assist public bodies to equip themselves with the knowledge, skills and awareness to deliver climate friendly policies and services. We support the Sustainable Scotland Network to provide assistance to local authorities in meeting their commitments in Scotland''s Climate Change Declaration, and the Scottish Climate Change Impacts Partnership is helping organisations to prepare for the impacts of climate change. Tailored support is provided by both the Carbon Trust and the Energy Saving Trust.
We will continue to work with public bodies to consider what further support may be required to assist in compliance with climate change duties which are yet to be imposed on them, as section 44 of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 does not come into force until 1 January 2011.
- Asked by: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 10 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it has taken to consult on the provision of guidance to public bodies regarding their climate change duties.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-29547 on 10 December 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 10 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whom it has consulted on the provision of guidance to public bodies regarding their climate change duties.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-29547 on 10 December 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 10 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it has taken toward identifying actions that people may take to contribute to the achievement of the targets referred to in section 91(1)(a) of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009.
Answer
The Scottish Government''s GoGreener campaign website gives examples of actions which people can take to reduce emissions. Next steps in development of the public engagement strategy required by the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 will include research into the key attitudinal and behavioural changes required to address climate change.
- Asked by: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 10 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Scotland’s Climate Change Declaration will have a role alongside the public body duties included in the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 and, if not, what steps are being taken to ensure a smooth transition from the commitments in Scotland’s Climate Change Declaration to the duties under the act.
Answer
In developing guidance on the public bodies duty “ as required by the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 - the Scottish Government will continue to work with local government representatives to review how local authorities are contributing towards our shared climate change objectives, including the evolving nature of the Climate Change Declaration process.
- Asked by: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 10 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it has taken toward providing guidance to public bodies regarding climate change duties.
Answer
A full public consultation on draft guidance is planned to take place in 2010, prior to the coming into force on 1 January 2011 of section 44 of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 which imposes climate change duties on public bodies.
