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08/06/2012

 

In 2007 all 32 Scottish local authorities signed up to Scotland’s Climate Change Declaration (SCCD) which committed councils to take steps to tackle climate change and to report their actions on a yearly basis. Two analyses have been produced using data extracted from these annual monitoring reports. A Mitigation Analysis, produced by Keep Scotland Beautiful (KSB) gives an overview of local authority action to reduce corporate emissions, drawing in input from The Carbon Trust, as well as a more thorough analysis of action on area-wide emissions. More An Adaptation Analysis by Adaptation Scotland focuses on local authority action on climate change adaptation for the period 2010-11. More