Stakeholders also agreed that existing staff would, in many cases, require to be re-skilled to deal with the additional demands net zero will make in relation to decision-making by council staff, and indeed elected officials.viiHeads of Planning Scotland, written submission; Improvement Service, written submission COSLA called for a "Local Authority Climate Intelligence Service to better support area wide emission reduction and local decision making"viiiWritten submission whilst a related suggestion was for the Scottish Government to provide a peripatetic team, able to assist Councils in matters like net zero training and bidding for green projects.ixOfficial Report, NZET Committee, 11 Jan, col 43 (Highland Council).