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Committee reports
Date published:
4 March 2019
Stage 1 Report on the Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Bill - The current targets
The current targets are set out in Part One the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 12) and are as follows—
A 2050 target of 80%;
A 2020 target of 42% (known as the "interim target");
Secondary legislation setting annual targets between 2010 and 2050 which would "allow the interim target and the 2050 target to be met"Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 12), section 3(2)(b) and for the targets set between 2020 and 2050 to be "at least 3% less than the target for the preceding year"Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 12), section 3(2)(c)(ii);
A requirement on the Scottish Government to seek advice from the "relevant body"Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 12), section 5 and consider the "target setting criteria"Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 12), section 4(4) when setting annual targets;
Modification of—
the percentage of 3% by which annual targets between 2020 and 2050 should be made more challengingClimate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 12), section 6(1)(a);
the dates by which annual targets should be setClimate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 12), section 6(1)(c);
the target setting criteriaClimate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 12), section 6(1)(d);
annual targets,Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 12), section 6(1)(b) but only to make them more challengingClimate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 12), section 6(8)(b);
A requirement that at least 80% of the reduction in the net Scottish emissions account in any target year must be from net Scottish emissions reductions (known as the domestic effort target, its effect is to limit the amount of the target which can be met through carbon trading); and
The Scottish Government to request a progress report from the relevant body each year.Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 12), section 9
It also provides for other matters, including:
A definition of the greenhouse gases covered by the targets;Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 12), section 10
A definition of the baseline;Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 12), section 11
A definition of the net Scottish emissions account;Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 12), section 13
The inclusion of Scotland's share of international aviation and shipping emissions in calculating progress towards the target;Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 12), section 16
The ability to include "removals" from carbon sequestration in the target;Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 12), section 17
International carbon reporting practice;Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 12), section 19 and
Carbon units and accounting,Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 12), section 20 and the limit on the use of carbon units.Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 12), section 21
SPICe briefings
Date published:
21 August 2018
The Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Bill - The Paris Agreement and Scotland's Response
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Last updated:
29 October 2024
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Liam Kerr: To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it launched a court appeal against a ruling by the Scottish Information Commissioner, in light of this costing tens of thousands of pounds and it reportedly receiving legal advice that it was likely to fail. ) (S6T-02150 2.
Official Report
Meeting date:
8 June 2023
Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee 08 June 2023
We hope to do that with our colleagues in the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, VOCAL, Community Leisure UK and the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives and Senior Managers, as well as the Scottish Government.
Official Report
Meeting date:
9 October 2024
Rural Affairs and Islands Committee 09 October 2024
We got the message from the Institute of Auctioneers and Appraisers in Scotland, Scottish Land & Estates, the Scottish Tenant Farmers Association, the National Sheep Association, the Scottish Beef Association and the National Beef Association that they are all in the dark ...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
21 August 2018
The Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Bill
The March advice states1The Committee on Climate Change. (2017, March 22). Advice on the new Scottish Climate Change Bill.
Last updated:
14 February 2023
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S6W-04165 Rachael Hamilton: To ask the Scottish Government how many applications to the Slurry Storage Agri-Environment Climate Scheme there were, and of those how many (a) were approved and (b) are awaiting a decision, in each year since 2015.
Last updated:
5 November 2021
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S6W-04165 Rachael Hamilton: To ask the Scottish Government how many applications to the Slurry Storage Agri-Environment Climate Scheme there were, and of those how many (a) were approved and (b) are awaiting a decision, in each year since 2015.
Official Report
Meeting date:
11 January 2017
Meeting of the Parliament 11 January 2017
Question 3 has been withdrawn.Domestic Abuse Courts (Highlands) Domestic Abuse Courts (Highlands) To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its consideration of the proposal to introduce travelling domestic abuse courts in the Highlands.
Official Report
Meeting date:
22 March 2022
Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid) 22 March 2022
I understand why Ms McAllan did not ask me about tackling climate change—because the Scottish Government has failed to meet its emissions targets for three years in a row.
