Agriculture
Emissions from agriculture have reduced by 13% since 1990 and the CCC consider policy in this sector to be largely devolved.iDraft Climate Change Plan, Annex 2, pg 110 These emissions reductions are largely the result of a decline in livestock numbers from 1990 up until the mid 2010s and a reduction in emissions from soils.iiCCC, Scotland's Carbon Budgets, May 2025, pg 68
The draft Plan projects that emissions from agriculture will reduce by 21% between 2025 and 2040.iiiDraft Climate Change Plan, Annex 3, pg 67
The notable difference between the CCC pathway and the CCP pathway shown in the figure below is largely from the Scottish Government's decision not to bring forward a policy to reduce livestock numbers which was announced in a Statement in June 2025. The CCC’s modelling presumes a 26...