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SCOTTISH STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 2015 No. 347 CLIMATE CHANGE The Climate Change (Duties of Public Bodies: Reporting Requirements) (Scotland) Order 2015 Made - - - - 6th October 2015 Laid before the Scottish Parliament 8th October 2015 Coming into force - - 23rd November 2015 The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 46(1) and 96(2)(a) of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009(a) and all other powers enabling them to do so. Citation and commencement 1. This Order may be cited as the Climate Change (Duties of Public Bodies: Reporting Requirements) (Scotland) Order 2015 and comes into force on 23rd November 2015. Interpretation 2. In this Order— “the Act” means the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009; “listed body” means any body which, any other person who, or the holder of any office which is listed in Schedule 1(b); “report year” means the year for which a report is to be prepared under article 3(1); “year” means a period of 12 months ending with 31st March; and “year ahead” (in Schedule 2) means the year which follows the report year. Reports 3.—(1) For each year, a listed body must prepare a report on compliance with its climate change duties. (2) The listed body must send the report to the Scottish Ministers within a period of 8 months from the end of the report year. (a) 2009 asp 12; in section 46(1) “relevant public body” has the meaning given by section 44(5) of that Act (“the Act”). It refers to a Scottish public body (within the meaning of section 3(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 13)) which has climate change duties under section 44(1) or by virtue of section 44(3) of the Act. (b) Each listed body is a Scottish public authority within the meaning of section 3(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. By virtue of section 44 of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (“the Act”) each listed body has climate change duties. Each body is, accordingly, a “relevant public body” for the purposes of Part 4 of the Act.

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Page 1: The Climate Change (Duties of Public Bodies: …46(1) and 96(2)(a) of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009(a) and all other powers enabling them to do so. Citation and commencement

S C O T T I S H S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S

2015 No. 347

CLIMATE CHANGE

The Climate Change (Duties of Public Bodies: Reporting

Requirements) (Scotland) Order 2015

Made - - - - 6th October 2015

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 8th October 2015

Coming into force - - 23rd November 2015

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections

46(1) and 96(2)(a) of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009(a) and all other powers enabling

them to do so.

Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Climate Change (Duties of Public Bodies: Reporting

Requirements) (Scotland) Order 2015 and comes into force on 23rd November 2015.

Interpretation

2. In this Order—

“the Act” means the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009;

“listed body” means any body which, any other person who, or the holder of any office which

is listed in Schedule 1(b);

“report year” means the year for which a report is to be prepared under article 3(1);

“year” means a period of 12 months ending with 31st March; and

“year ahead” (in Schedule 2) means the year which follows the report year.

Reports

3.—(1) For each year, a listed body must prepare a report on compliance with its climate change

duties.

(2) The listed body must send the report to the Scottish Ministers within a period of 8 months

from the end of the report year.

(a) 2009 asp 12; in section 46(1) “relevant public body” has the meaning given by section 44(5) of that Act (“the Act”). It

refers to a Scottish public body (within the meaning of section 3(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 13)) which has climate change duties under section 44(1) or by virtue of section 44(3) of the Act.

(b) Each listed body is a Scottish public authority within the meaning of section 3(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. By virtue of section 44 of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (“the Act”) each listed body has climate change duties. Each body is, accordingly, a “relevant public body” for the purposes of Part 4 of the Act.

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Form and content

4.—(1) Each report must be in the form set out in Schedule 2.

(2) Each report must contain the information specified in the form set out in Schedule 2.

(3) The report may be sent to the Scottish Ministers in electronic form.

AILEEN McLEOD

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

6th October 2015

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SCHEDULE 1 Article 2

LISTED BODIES

Ministers, The Parliament

The Scottish Ministers

The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body

Holders of offices in the Scottish Administration which are non-ministerial offices

Food Standards Scotland

The Keeper of the Records of Scotland

The Keeper of the Registers of Scotland

The Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator

The Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages for Scotland

Revenue Scotland

The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service

The Scottish Housing Regulator

Local government

A council constituted by section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994(a)

A Transport Partnership created under the Transport (Scotland) Act 2005(b)

National health service

The Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service

A Health Board constituted under section 2 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978(c)

The National Waiting Times Centre Board

NHS Education for Scotland

The Scottish Ambulance Service Board

The State Hospitals Board for Scotland

(a) 1994 c.39; section 2 was amended by the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25), Schedule 22, paragraph 232(1). (b) 2005 asp 12. (c) 1978 c.29; section 2 was amended by the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41),

section 14(2) and Schedule 7, paragraph 1; the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c.19), section 66(1) and Schedule 9, paragraph 19(1); the National Health Service Reform (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 7), schedule 1, paragraph 1(1) and (2) and the Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 13), schedule 2, paragraph 2(1) and (2). There are other amendments to section 2 which are not relevant for the purposes of this instrument.

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Educational institutions

The board of management of a college of further education (within the meaning given by section

36(1) of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992(a))

An institution which is a fundable post-16 education body in receipt of funding from the Scottish

Further and Higher Education Funding Council or a regional strategic body (within the meaning of

the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005(b)), other than any such institution whose

activities are principally carried on outwith Scotland

Police

The chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland

The Scottish Police Authority

Others

Audit Scotland

The Board of Trustees for the National Galleries of Scotland

The Board of Trustees of the National Museums of Scotland

The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh

The British Waterways Board

The Cairngorms National Park Authority

Creative Scotland

The Crofting Commission

Highlands and Islands Enterprise

Historic Environment Scotland

An integration joint board established by order under section 9(2) of the Public Bodies (Joint

Working) (Scotland) Act 2014(c)

The James Hutton Institute

The Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park Authority

The Moredun Research Institute

The National Library of Scotland

The Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration

Scottish Enterprise

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service

The Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council

(a) 1992 c.37. (b) 2005 asp 6; section 35(1) was relevantly amended by the Post-16 Education (Scotland) Act 2013 (asp 12) to include

definitions for “fundable post-16 education body” and “regional strategic body”. There are other amendments which are not relevant for the purposes of this Order.

(c) 2014 asp 9.

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The Scottish Legal Aid Board

Scottish Natural Heritage

The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman

The Scottish Qualifications Authority

The Scottish Social Services Council

The Scottish Sports Council

Scottish Water

Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland

VisitScotland

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1(e

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2(b

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d R

esourc

es I

nst

itute

, W

ashin

gto

n D

C, U

SA

(2004),

IS

BN

: 1-5

6973-5

68-9

.

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14

3(b

) B

reak

dow

n o

f em

issi

on

sou

rces

Com

ple

te t

he

foll

ow

ing t

able

wit

h t

he

bre

akdow

n o

f em

issi

on s

ourc

es f

rom

the

body’s

most

rec

ent

carb

on f

ootp

rint

(gre

enhouse

gas

inven

tory

); t

his

should

corr

espond t

o t

he

last

entr

y i

n t

he

table

in 3

(a)

above.

Use

the

‘Com

men

ts’

colu

mn t

o e

xpla

in w

hat

is

incl

uded

wit

hin

eac

h c

ateg

ory

of

em

issi

on s

ourc

e

ente

red i

n t

he

firs

t co

lum

n. I

f, f

or

any s

uch

cat

egory

of

emis

sion s

ourc

e, i

t is

not

poss

ible

to p

rovid

e a

sim

ple

em

issi

on f

acto

r(a) le

ave

the

field

for

the

emis

sion f

acto

r bla

nk a

nd p

rovid

e th

e to

tal

emis

sions

for

that

cat

egory

of

em

issi

on s

ourc

e in

the

‘Em

issi

ons’

colu

mn.

Em

issi

on s

ourc

e Sco

pe

Consu

mpti

on d

ata

U

nit

s E

mis

sion f

act

or

Unit

s E

mis

sions

(tC

O2e)

C

om

men

ts

T

ota

l

(a) E

mis

sion f

acto

rs a

re p

ubli

shed

annual

ly b

y t

he

UK

Gover

nm

ent

Dep

artm

ent

for

Envir

on

men

t, F

ood a

nd R

ura

l A

ffai

rs (

Def

ra).

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15

3(c

) G

ener

ati

on

, co

nsu

mp

tion

an

d e

xp

ort

of

ren

ewab

le e

ner

gy

P

rovid

e a

sum

mar

y o

f th

e bod

y’s

annual

ren

ewab

le g

ener

atio

n (

if a

ny),

and w

het

her

it

is u

sed o

r ex

port

ed b

y t

he

bod

y.

Gen

erati

on o

f re

new

able

s T

ota

l gen

erate

d (

kWh)

Tota

l co

nsu

med

by

the

body

(kW

h)

Tota

l ex

port

ed (

kWh)

Com

men

ts

Ren

ewab

le e

lect

rici

ty

Ren

ewab

le h

eat

Oth

er 1

(sp

ecif

y i

n c

om

men

ts)

Oth

er 2

(sp

ecif

y i

n c

om

men

ts)

Oth

er 3

(sp

ecif

y i

n c

om

men

ts)

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T

arg

ets

3(d

) T

arg

ets

L

ist

all

of

the

bod

y’s

tar

get

s of

rele

van

ce t

o i

ts c

lim

ate

chan

ge

duti

es. W

her

e ap

pli

cable

, over

all

carb

on t

arget

s an

d a

ny s

epar

ate

land u

se, en

ergy e

ffic

iency,

was

te, w

ater

, in

form

atio

n a

nd c

om

munic

atio

n t

echnolo

gy, tr

ansp

ort

, tr

avel

and h

eat

targ

ets

should

be

incl

uded

.

Nam

e of

targ

et

Typ

e of

targ

et

Targ

et

Unit

s B

oundary

/ s

cope

of

targ

et

Yea

r

use

d a

s

base

line

Base

line

figure

Unit

s of

base

line

Targ

et

com

ple

tion y

ear

Com

men

ts

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P

roje

cts

and c

hanges

3(e

) E

stim

ate

d t

ota

l an

nu

al

carb

on

savin

gs

from

all

pro

ject

s im

ple

men

ted

by t

he

bod

y i

n t

he

rep

ort

yea

r

If n

o p

roje

cts

wer

e im

ple

mente

d a

gai

nst

an e

mis

sions

sourc

e, e

nte

r “0

”.

If t

he

bod

y d

oes

not

hav

e an

y i

nfo

rmat

ion f

or

an e

mis

sions

sourc

e, e

nte

r “U

nknow

n”.

If t

he

bod

y d

oes

not

incl

ude

the

emis

sions

sourc

e in

its

car

bon f

ootp

rint,

ente

r “N

/A”.

Em

issi

ons

sourc

e T

ota

l es

tim

ate

d a

nnual

carb

on s

avi

ngs

(tC

O2e)

C

om

men

ts

Ele

ctri

city

Nat

ura

l gas

Oth

er h

eati

ng f

uel

s

Was

te

Wat

er a

nd s

ewer

age

Busi

nes

s tr

avel

Fle

et t

ransp

ort

Oth

er 1

(sp

ecif

y i

n c

om

men

ts)

Oth

er 2

(sp

ecif

y i

n c

om

men

ts)

Oth

er 3

(sp

ecif

y i

n c

om

men

ts)

Tota

l

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18

3(f

) D

etail

th

e to

p 1

0 c

arb

on

red

uct

ion

pro

ject

s to

be

carr

ied

ou

t b

y t

he

bod

y i

n t

he

rep

ort

yea

r

P

rovid

e det

ails

of

the

10 p

roje

cts

whic

h a

re e

stim

ated

to a

chie

ve

the

hig

hes

t ca

rbon s

avin

gs

duri

ng r

eport

yea

r.

P

roje

ct

nam

e

Fundin

g

sourc

e

Fir

st f

ull

year

of

CO

2e

savi

ngs

Are

thes

e

savi

ngs

figure

s

esti

mate

d

or

act

ual?

Capit

al

cost

(£)

Oper

ati

onal

cost

(£/a

nnum

)

Pro

ject

life

tim

e

(yea

rs)

Pri

mary

fuel

/

emis

sion

sourc

e sa

ved

Est

imate

d

carb

on s

avi

ngs

per

yea

r

(tC

O2e/

annum

)

Est

imate

d

cost

s

savi

ngs

(£/a

nnum

)

Beh

avi

our

change

Com

men

ts

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19

3(g

) E

stim

ate

d d

ecre

ase

or

incr

ease

in

th

e b

od

y’s

em

issi

on

s att

rib

ute

d t

o f

act

ors

(n

ot

rep

ort

ed e

lsew

her

e in

th

is f

orm

) in

th

e re

port

yea

r

If

the

em

issi

ons

incr

ease

d o

r dec

reas

ed d

ue

to a

ny s

uch

fac

tor

in t

he

report

yea

r, p

rovid

e an

est

imat

e of

the

amount

and d

irec

tion.

Em

issi

ons

sourc

e T

ota

l es

tim

ate

d a

nnual

emis

sions

(tC

O2e)

In

crea

se o

r dec

rease

in e

mis

sions

Com

men

ts

Est

ate

chan

ges

Ser

vic

e pro

vis

ion

Sta

ff n

um

ber

s

Oth

er 1

(sp

ecif

y i

n c

om

men

ts)

Oth

er 2

(sp

ecif

y i

n c

om

men

ts)

Oth

er 3

(sp

ecif

y i

n c

om

men

ts)

Tota

l

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3(h

) A

nti

cip

ate

d a

nn

ual

carb

on

savin

gs

from

all

pro

ject

s im

ple

men

ted

by t

he

bod

y i

n t

he

yea

r ah

ead

If

no p

roje

cts

are

expec

ted t

o b

e im

ple

men

ted a

gai

nst

an e

mis

sions

sourc

e, e

nte

r “0

”.

If t

he

bod

y d

oes

not

hav

e an

y i

nfo

rmat

ion f

or

an e

mis

sions

sourc

e, e

nte

r “U

nknow

n”.

If t

he

bod

y d

oes

not

incl

ude

the

emis

sions

sourc

e in

its

car

bon f

ootp

rint,

ente

r “N

/A”.

Em

issi

ons

sourc

e T

ota

l es

tim

ate

d a

nnual

carb

on s

avi

ngs

(tC

O2e)

C

om

men

ts

Ele

ctri

city

Nat

ura

l gas

Oth

er h

eati

ng f

uel

s

Was

te

Wat

er a

nd s

ewer

age

Tra

vel

Fle

et t

ransp

ort

Oth

er 1

(sp

ecif

y i

n c

om

men

ts)

Oth

er 2

(sp

ecif

y i

n c

om

men

ts)

Oth

er 3

(sp

ecif

y i

n c

om

men

ts)

Tota

l

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3(i

) E

stim

ate

d d

ecre

ase

or

incr

ease

in

th

e b

od

y’s

em

issi

on

s att

rib

ute

d t

o f

act

ors

(n

ot

rep

ort

ed e

lsew

her

e in

th

is f

orm

) in

th

e yea

r ah

ead

If

the

em

issi

ons

are

likel

y t

o i

ncr

ease

or

dec

reas

e due

to a

ny s

uch

fac

tor

in t

he

yea

r ah

ead, pro

vid

e an

est

imat

e of

the

amount

and d

irec

tion.

Em

issi

ons

sourc

e T

ota

l es

tim

ate

d a

nnual

emis

sions

(tC

O2e)

In

crea

se o

r dec

rease

in e

mis

sions

Com

men

ts

Est

ate

chan

ges

Ser

vic

e pro

vis

ion

Sta

ff n

um

ber

s

Oth

er 1

(sp

ecif

y i

n c

om

men

ts)

Oth

er 2

(sp

ecif

y i

n c

om

men

ts)

Oth

er 3

(sp

ecif

y i

n c

om

men

ts)

Tota

l

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3(j

) T

ota

l ca

rbon

red

uct

ion

pro

ject

savin

gs

sin

ce t

he

start

of

the

yea

r w

hic

h t

he

bod

y u

ses

as

a b

ase

lin

e fo

r it

s ca

rbon

footp

rin

t

If

the

bod

y h

as d

ata

avai

lable

, es

tim

ate

the

tota

l em

issi

ons

savin

gs

mad

e fr

om

pro

ject

s si

nce

the

star

t of

that

yea

r (“

the

bas

elin

e yea

r”).

Tota

l sa

vings

Tota

l es

tim

ate

d e

mis

sions

savi

ngs

(tC

O2e)

C

om

men

ts

Tota

l pro

ject

sav

ings

since

the

bas

elin

e yea

r

Furt

her

info

rmati

on

3(k

) S

up

port

ing i

nfo

rmati

on

an

d b

est

pra

ctic

e

Pro

vid

e an

y o

ther

rel

evan

t su

pport

ing i

nfo

rmat

ion a

nd a

ny e

xam

ple

s of

bes

t pra

ctic

e b

y t

he

body i

n r

elat

ion t

o i

ts e

mis

sions,

tar

get

s an

d p

roje

cts.

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23

PA

RT

4:

AD

AP

TA

TIO

N

A

sses

sing a

nd m

anagin

g r

isk

4(a

) H

as

the

bod

y a

sses

sed

cu

rren

t an

d f

utu

re c

lim

ate

-rel

ate

d r

isk

s?

If

yes

, pro

vid

e a

refe

rence

or

link t

o a

ny s

uch

ris

k a

sses

smen

t(s)

.

4(b

) W

hat

arr

an

gem

ents

does

th

e b

od

y h

ave

in p

lace

to m

an

age

clim

ate

-rel

ate

d r

isk

s?

P

rovid

e det

ails

of

any c

lim

ate

chan

ge

adap

tati

on s

trat

egie

s, a

ctio

n p

lans

and r

isk m

anag

emen

t pro

cedure

s, a

nd a

ny c

lim

ate

chan

ge

adap

tati

on p

oli

cies

whic

h a

pply

acr

oss

the

body.

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T

aki

ng a

ctio

n

4(c

) W

hat

act

ion

has

the

bod

y t

ak

en t

o a

dap

t to

cli

mate

ch

an

ge?

In

clude

det

ails

of

work

to i

ncr

ease

aw

aren

ess

of

the

nee

d t

o a

dap

t to

cli

mat

e ch

ange

and b

uil

d t

he

capac

ity o

f st

aff

and s

takeh

old

ers

to a

sses

s ri

sk a

nd

imple

men

t ac

tion.

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4(d

) W

her

e ap

pli

cab

le, w

hat

pro

gre

ss h

as

the

bod

y m

ad

e in

del

iver

ing t

he

poli

cies

an

d p

rop

osa

ls r

efer

ence

d N

1, N

2, N

3, B

1, B

2, B

3, S

1, S

2 a

nd

S3 i

n

the

Sco

ttis

h C

lim

ate

Ch

an

ge

Ad

ap

tati

on

Pro

gra

mm

e(a) (“

the

Pro

gra

mm

e”)?

If

the

bod

y i

s li

sted

in t

he

Pro

gra

mm

e as

a b

ody r

esponsi

ble

for

the

del

iver

y o

f one

or

more

poli

cies

and p

roposa

ls u

nder

the

obje

ctiv

es N

1, N

2, N

3, B

1,

B2, B

3, S

1, S

2 a

nd S

3, pro

vid

e det

ails

of

the

pro

gre

ss m

ade

by t

he

bod

y i

n d

eliv

erin

g e

ach p

oli

cy o

r pro

posa

l in

the

report

yea

r. I

f it

is

not

resp

onsi

ble

for

del

iver

ing a

ny p

oli

cy o

r pro

posa

l under

a p

arti

cula

r obje

ctiv

e en

ter

“N/A

” in

the

‘Del

iver

y p

rogre

ss m

ade’

colu

mn f

or

that

obje

ctiv

e.

Obje

ctiv

e O

bje

ctiv

e

refe

rence

Them

e P

oli

cy /

pro

posa

l

refe

rence

Del

iver

y pro

gre

ss

made

Com

men

ts

Under

stan

d t

he

effe

cts

of

clim

ate

chan

ge

and t

hei

r

impac

ts o

n t

he

nat

ura

l en

vir

onm

ent.

N1

Nat

ura

l E

nvir

onm

ent

Support

a h

ealt

hy a

nd d

iver

se n

atura

l en

vir

onm

ent

wit

h c

apac

ity t

o a

dap

t.

N2

Nat

ura

l E

nvir

onm

ent

Sust

ain a

nd e

nhan

ce t

he

ben

efit

s, g

oods

and s

ervic

es

that

the

nat

ura

l en

vir

onm

ent

pro

vid

es.

N3

Nat

ura

l E

nvir

onm

ent

Under

stan

d t

he

effe

cts

of

clim

ate

chan

ge

and t

hei

r

impac

ts o

n b

uil

din

gs

and i

nfr

astr

uct

ure

net

work

s.

B1

Buil

din

gs

and

infr

astr

uct

ure

net

work

s

Pro

vid

e th

e know

ledge,

skil

ls a

nd t

ools

to m

anag

e

clim

ate

chan

ge

impac

ts o

n b

uil

din

gs

and

infr

astr

uct

ure

.

B2

Buil

din

gs

and

infr

astr

uct

ure

net

work

s

Incr

ease

the

resi

lien

ce o

f buil

din

gs

and i

nfr

astr

uct

ure

net

work

s to

sust

ain a

nd e

nhan

ce t

he

ben

efit

s an

d

serv

ices

pro

vid

ed.

B3

Buil

din

gs

and

infr

astr

uct

ure

net

work

s

Under

stan

d t

he

effe

cts

of

clim

ate

chan

ge

and t

hei

r

impac

ts o

n p

eople

, hom

es a

nd c

om

munit

ies.

S1

Soci

ety

Incr

ease

the

awar

enes

s of

the

impac

ts o

f cl

imat

e

chan

ge

to e

nab

le p

eople

to a

dap

t to

futu

re e

xtr

eme

wea

ther

even

ts.

S2

Soci

ety

Support

our

hea

lth s

ervic

es a

nd e

mer

gen

cy r

esponder

s

to e

nab

le t

hem

to r

espond e

ffec

tivel

y t

o t

he

incr

ease

d

pre

ssure

s as

soci

ated

wit

h a

chan

gin

g c

lim

ate.

S3

Soci

ety

(a) T

his

ref

ers

to t

he

pro

gra

mm

e fo

r ad

apta

tion t

o c

lim

ate

chan

ge

laid

bef

ore

the

Sco

ttis

h P

arli

amen

t under

sec

tion 5

3(2

) of

the

Cli

mat

e C

han

ge

(Sco

tlan

d)

Act

2009

(asp

12)

whic

h c

urr

entl

y h

as e

ffec

t. T

he

most

rec

ent

one

is e

nti

tled

“C

lim

ate

Rea

dy

Sco

tland:

Sco

ttis

h C

lim

ate

Change

Adapta

tion P

rogra

mm

e” d

ated

May

2014.

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R

evie

w, m

onit

ori

ng a

nd e

valu

ati

on

4(e

) W

hat

arr

an

gem

ents

does

th

e b

od

y h

ave

in p

lace

to r

evie

w c

urr

ent

an

d f

utu

re c

lim

ate

ris

ks?

P

rovid

e det

ails

of

arra

ngem

ents

to r

evie

w c

urr

ent

and f

utu

re c

lim

ate

risk

s, f

or

exam

ple

, w

hat

tim

esca

les

are

in p

lace

to r

evie

w t

he

clim

ate

chan

ge

risk

asse

ssm

ents

ref

erre

d t

o i

n Q

ues

tion 4

(a)

and a

dap

tati

on s

trat

egie

s, a

ctio

n p

lans,

pro

cedure

s an

d p

oli

cies

in Q

ues

tion 4

(b).

4(f

) W

hat

arr

an

gem

ents

does

th

e b

od

y h

ave

in p

lace

to m

on

itor

an

d e

valu

ate

th

e im

pact

of

the

ad

ap

tati

on

act

ion

s?

P

leas

e pro

vid

e det

ails

of

mo

nit

ori

ng a

nd e

val

uat

ion c

rite

ria

and a

dap

tati

on i

ndic

ators

use

d t

o a

sses

s th

e ef

fect

iven

ess

of

acti

ons

det

aile

d u

nder

Ques

tion

4(c

) an

d Q

ues

tion 4

(d).

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F

utu

re p

riori

ties

for

adapta

tion

4(g

) W

hat

are

th

e b

od

y’s

top

5 p

riori

ties

for

the

yea

r ah

ead

in

rel

ati

on

to c

lim

ate

ch

an

ge

ad

ap

tati

on

?

P

rovid

e a

sum

mar

y o

f th

e ar

eas

and a

ctiv

itie

s of

focu

s fo

r th

e yea

r ah

ead.

F

urt

her

info

rmati

on

4(h

) S

up

port

ing i

nfo

rmati

on

an

d b

est

pra

ctic

e

Pro

vid

e an

y o

ther

rel

evan

t su

pport

ing i

nfo

rmat

ion a

nd a

ny e

xam

ple

s of

bes

t pra

ctic

e b

y t

he

body i

n r

elat

ion t

o a

dap

tati

on.

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PA

RT

5:

PR

OC

UR

EM

EN

T

5(a

) H

ow

have

pro

cure

men

t p

oli

cies

con

trib

ute

d t

o c

om

pli

an

ce w

ith

cli

mate

ch

an

ge

du

ties

?

P

rovid

e in

form

atio

n r

elat

ing t

o h

ow

the

pro

cure

men

t poli

cies

of

the

body h

ave

contr

ibute

d t

o i

ts c

om

pli

ance

wit

h c

lim

ate

chan

ges

duti

es.

5(b

) H

ow

has

pro

cure

men

t act

ivit

y c

on

trib

ute

d t

o c

om

pli

an

ce w

ith

cli

mate

ch

an

ge

du

ties

?

P

rovid

e in

form

atio

n r

elat

ing t

o h

ow

pro

cure

men

t ac

tivit

y b

y t

he

body h

as c

ontr

ibute

d t

o i

ts c

om

pli

ance

wit

h c

lim

ate

chan

ges

duti

es.

F

urt

her

info

rmati

on

5(c

) S

up

port

ing i

nfo

rmati

on

an

d b

est

pra

ctic

e

P

rovid

e an

y o

ther

rel

evan

t su

pport

ing i

nfo

rmat

ion a

nd a

ny e

xam

ple

s of

bes

t pra

ctic

e b

y t

he

body i

n r

elat

ion t

o p

rocu

rem

ent.

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PA

RT

6:

VA

LID

AT

ION

AN

D D

EC

LA

RA

TIO

N

6(a

) In

tern

al

vali

dati

on

pro

cess

B

rief

ly d

escr

ibe

the

body’s

inte

rnal

val

idat

ion p

roce

ss, if

any, of

the

dat

a or

info

rmat

ion c

onta

ined

wit

hin

this

rep

ort

.

6(b

) P

eer

vali

dati

on

pro

cess

Bri

efly

des

crib

e th

e body’s

pee

r val

idat

ion p

roce

ss, if

any, of

the

dat

a or

info

rmat

ion c

onta

ined

wit

hin

this

rep

ort

.

6(c

) E

xte

rnal

vali

dati

on

pro

cess

Bri

efly

des

crib

e th

e body’s

exte

rnal

val

idat

ion p

roce

ss, if

any, of

the

dat

a or

info

rmat

ion c

onta

ined

wit

hin

this

rep

ort

.

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6(d

) N

o v

ali

dati

on

pro

cess

If a

ny i

nfo

rmat

ion p

rovid

ed i

n t

his

rep

ort

has

not

bee

n v

alid

ated

, id

enti

fy t

he

info

rmat

ion i

n q

ues

tion a

nd e

xpla

in w

hy i

t has

not

bee

n v

alid

ated

.

6(e

) D

ecla

rati

on

I

confi

rm t

hat

the

info

rmat

ion i

n t

his

rep

ort

is

accu

rate

and p

rovid

es a

fai

r re

pre

senta

tion o

f th

e body’s

per

form

ance

in r

elat

ion t

o c

lim

ate

chan

ge.

Nam

e

Role

in t

he

body

Dat

e

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This Order requires the bodies listed in Schedule 1 to prepare reports on compliance with climate

change duties imposed under (or by virtue of) section 44 of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act

2009.

It also sets out the information to be reported, the form of the reports and the period within which

each report must be sent to the Scottish Ministers.

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