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Committee reports
Date published:
4 October 2024
Stage 1 report on the Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Bill - Parliamentary scrutiny of carbon budgets
Many respondents agreed that adequate consulting time was key.iWritten submissions from the Royal Scottish Geographic Society, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at LSE, James Hutton Institute, Royal Society of Edinburgh, Stop Climate Chaos Scotl...
Committee reports
Date published:
22 September 2020
Stage 1 report on the UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Bill - Functions and powers – relationships with other bodies
Such bodies include those active in areas specifically excluded from the competence of ESS in relation to climate targets (the UK CCC as noted above), environmental information (the Scottish Information Commissioner) and finance (Audit Scotland).
SPICe briefings
Date published:
19 August 2021
Environment: Subject Profile - The ecological emergency - a nature crisis
Biodiversity loss in Scotland - intrinsically linked to the climate crisis
Evidence of biodiversity decline and its implications led the previous Scottish Government to commit in 2020 to a step change in efforts to address it.
Committee reports
Date published:
25 March 2026
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee Session 6 Legacy Report - Climate change as a cross-committee priority
Tailored support was also offered to help MSPs, identify climate relevance, interpret evidence, and incorporate climate questions into inquiry, legislative or budget scrutiny.
Last updated:
7 March 2023
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Committee reports
Date published:
27 February 2026
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee Report on the Draft Climate Change Plan - Introduction
Introduction
The Climate Change Plan (CCP) is a strategy document which outlines how the Scottish Government intends to meet carbon emissions reduction targets across all portfolio areas and sectors of the economy.
Committee reports
Date published:
5 June 2019
Stage 2 Report on the Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Bill - 2045 Target
The Committee also acknowledges the Scottish Government’s declaration of a climate emergency and welcomes their commitment to publishing a revised Climate Change Plan within six months of the Bill achieving Royal Assent.
Last updated:
30 August 2022
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The Scottish Government is committed to an Environment Bill which is expected in 2023.
Committee reports
Date published:
4 October 2024
Stage 1 report on the Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Bill - Is five years the right period for a carbon budget?
ivClimate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets)(Scotland) Bill - Policy Memorandum, page 2 Five years is also consistent with the five years the 2009 Act sets out as a the maximum interval between publication of successive climate change plans.
The Edinburgh Climate Change Institute said five years may be too long and suggested moving away, in any case, from a static system to a more flexible and dynamic approach.vNet Zero, Energy and Transport Committee, Official Report, 24 September 2024, Col 17, 29-30, 31 and 43 and written submission from the Edinburgh Climate Change Institute
Having five-yearly cycles was discussed in the context of Scottish Parliamentary election cycles.
Committee reports
Date published:
22 September 2017
Stage 1 Report on the Wild Animals in Travelling Circuses (Scotland) Bill - Powers of investigation
In evidence to the Committee, the Cabinet Secretary detailed how the enforcement powers in the Bill were designed to mirror the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 and that these were proportionate in light of suggestion "none of the big licensed circuses in the UK or the bigger European circuses are ever likely to tour with wild animals in Scotland".iiEnvironment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee, Official Report, 27 June 2017, Col 14
Angela Lawson, Solicitor, Scottish Government also suggestedivEnvironment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee, Official Report, 27 June 2017, Col 14 the penalties for the offence were a deterrent and, rather than include measures which could also be effective in the case of non-compliance, this would be sufficient.
