The CCC, for example, called for more urgent delivery in areas such as tree planting, heat pump installation and installation of public electric vehicle charging points.iLetter from the Interim Chair of the Climate Change Committee to the Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Energy on perspectives on how to design and implement carbon budgets in Scotland - 14 May 2024 Other issues raised in evidence include:
Investment in greenhouse gas removal technologies;iiWritten submission from Navraj Ghaleigh (School of Law, University of Edinburgh, and CO2RE, The Greenhouse Gas Removal Hub, University of Oxford/Edinburgh); Christian Jones (School of Law, University of Edinburgh)
Addressing skills gaps in sectors key to reaching net zero;iiiNet Zero, Energy and Transport Committee, Official Report, 17 September 2024, Col 28 and Official Report, 24 September 2024, Cols 9-10 and written submission from Construction Industry Training Board (CITB)
Joined up thinking across Government;iiiNet Zero, Energy and Transport Committee, Official Report, 17 September 2024, Col 28 and
Sufficient funding, guaranteed over the long term.iiiNet Zero, Energy and Transport Committee, Official Report, 17 September 2024, Col 28 and Official Report, 24 September 2024, Col 36 and 39
Scotland's current climate emission reduction targets are ambitious.