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Instead the government has adopted sustainable economic growth as its principal target. In June 2007 John Swinney, the new Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth in the Scottish Government, announced plans for a Climate Change Bill that would include an intention to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050. [13]
Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE; Scottish Gaelic: Iomairt na Gàidhealtachd 's nan Eilean) is the development agency for the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, an executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government with the role to "help build a prosperous, sustainable and inclusive economy across the Highlands and Islands, attracting more people to live, work, study ...
Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy, Kate Forbes, revealed the Scottish Government's 10 year economic plan called National Strategy for Economic Transformation (NSET) on 1 March 2022. [1] This is the first strategic economic work the Scottish National Party administration had done since the publication of The Sustainable Growth ...
Although originally reserved, responsibility for all planning and nature conservation matters at sea up to 200 miles from the Scottish coast was transferred to the Scottish Government in 2008. [1] Some matters related to conservation, such as international treaties and border controls on prohibited species, remain the responsibility of the UK ...
The national forest estate consists of land owned by the Scottish Government and managed by FLS. The estate covers 6,400 km 2, being roughly 8% of the land area of Scotland. Around two-thirds of this land (4,700 km 2) is forested, with the remaining land consisting of a mixture of agricultural land and open areas such as moorland.
SEPA, Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS), Scottish Forestry and Historic Environment Scotland are all government funded organisations with responsibilities for different aspects of Scotland's environment and heritage. A joint statement on climate change was created by all partners in 2009.
The Scottish Government is developing plans for offshore wind, wave and tidal energy in Scottish waters. The Marine Directorate will explore how offshore wind, wave and tidal energy can contribute to meeting Scotland's target of generating the equivalent of 100% of electricity demand from renewable sources and also seek to maximise the ...
The Scottish Government has a target to have the equivalent of 50% of the energy for Scotland's heat, transport and electricity consumption to be supplied from renewable sources by 2030. [5] They have stated that, in 2022, the equivalent of 113% of the country's overall electrical consumption was produced by renewable energy, making it the ...