Emily Nurse of the CCC said the next climate change plan should cover the period up to 2040.vNet Zero, Energy and Transport Committee, Official Report, 10 September 2024, Col 7 We were told of the importance of long term thinking in developing policies, with areas such as tree planting, transport and buildings cited as examples where time and planning were required to yield results.vNet Zero, Energy and Transport Committee, Official Report, 10 September 2024, Col 7, and 8 Responses to our pre-legislative call for views provided various suggestions on the periods to be covered, including:
Five year periods of the carbon budgets (with differences of opinion as to which five years the next plan should cover);viiWritten submissions from East Lothian Climate Hub, Edinburgh Climate Change Institute, Shetland islands Council and Dunpender Community Council
Long term plan with five-yearly reviews;viiiWritten submission from Stop Climate Chaos Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at LSE, and Quakers in Scotland
A plan covering the period from 2025 up to the 2045 net zero target;ixWritten submissions from the Scottish Fiscal Commission, Scottish Water, Highland Council and Royal Society of Edinburgh
10 years;xWritten submission from Aberdeenshire Council and
Existing timeframe of 2025-2040.xiWritten submission from Dumfries and Galloway Council and Environmental Standards Scotland
The Edinburgh Climate Change Institute highlighted the ongoing planning approach used in Sweden via an online...