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Sustainable Development and Climate Change

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Climate and Nature Crises

Climate change and nature impacts significantly on the way we live our lives and our quality of life, both now and in the future.

Local government leadership is critical to addressing the climate and nature crises, a triple challenge of making a just transition to net zero, adapting to a changing climate and enhancing the state of nature

All public sector organisations have Climate Change Duties under Part 4 of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009: to contribute to the delivery of Scotland’s national emissions reduction targets (‘mitigation’); to help deliver Scotland’s statutory climate change adaptation programme; to act in a way that it considers is most sustainable.

The council aims to both fulfil and show leadership in relation to our statutory climate change, sustainability, and biodiversity duties across all our services, decision making and work with partners. We have committed to be net zero by 2045 and to adapt to the already locked in impacts of a changing climate.

In doing so we aim to ensure a just transition for people and nature, supporting ecological recovery and wellbeing, reducing inequalities and creating sustainable, liveable places where people are connected to nature, climate literate and understand the natural systems we rely on, are supported to develop green skills and can work in a fast-evolving local green jobs market, travel less overall and make active and sustainable travel choices first.

Please tell us your views on climate change and sustainability issues that impact our communities and help us focus on where improvement should be made.

Your views will also help us in the development of a new strategy.