iClimate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets)(Scotland) Bill - Policy Memorandum, page 3 This reflects many of the opinions in our evidence session on 17 SeptemberiiNet Zero, Energy and Transport Committee, Official Report, 17 September 2024, Col 25 and 26 and pre-legislative call for views.iiiWritten submissions from Friends of the Earth Scotland, Institute for Public Policy Research, Stop Climate Chaos Scotland, NatureScot, James Hutton Institute, Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund, Quakers in Scotland, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at LSE and Dunpender Community Council
A few respondents did think it should be acceptable to carry forward surpluses as long as some conditions were applied.ivWritten submissions from Built Environment Forum Scotland, Scottish Water and COSLA Examples offered included limits on how much was carried forward or that the surplus could only be used in the budget immediately afterwards.