Scotland's Climate Assembly
7-8 November 2020 First meeting of the Assembly
‘How should Scotland change to tackle the climate emergency in an effective and fair way?’
On the 7th & 8th November, Scotland’s Climate Assembly hosted Members at the first Assembly meeting. Members from age 16 to 82 joined experts and facilitators online to tackle the question with which they have been tasked.
24 March 2021
Interim report released
Scotland's Climate Assembly is complete! After five and a half months of learning, deliberating and decision-making, the Assembly members of have reached their first conclusions. The Interim Report, featuring their Statement of Ambition and 16 overarching goals, was laid in Parliament on 24 March 2021.
The full report including the complete breakdown of recommendations will be laid in the new Parliament in May, after the election. However, the work of the Assembly continues. Over the next eight months the Assembly will be engaging across Scottish society to promote its recommendations and drive climate action ahead of COP26 and the Scottish Government’s response to the Assembly’s recommendations.
"We, the members of Scotland’s Climate Assembly in our report to Parliament, present a call to action to Scotland for change to tackle the climate emergency in an effective and fair way. The climate emergency is a real and urgent issue that cannot be ignored. It requires immediate action at all levels of society. If we fail to act now, we will fail our current and future generations, in Scotland and across the world. We believe that urgent cultural change is needed across society - from governments, businesses, communities and individuals."
Weekend 7 20 & 21 March
Programme, report and video links.
Weekend 6 6 & 7 March
Programme, report and video links.
Weekend five 20 & 21 February
Programme, report and video links.
Weekend four 23 & 24 January
Programme, report and video links.
Weekend 3 report and video links
Weekend 2 report and video links
Weekend 1 report and video links
All videos (Scroll down for weekend 1)
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The setting up of a citizens' Climate Assembly for Scotland, as required by the Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2019, began in September 2020 with the selection of 100 individuals as Assembly members to provide a representative sample of all sections of the population. - 'A number of criteria will be used during the selection process including age, gender, ethnicity, disability, geography, rurality, household income, and attitude towards climate change.'
Meetings will be held, initially online, over six weekends from November 2020 to March 2021. The Assembly's deliberations will be guided by the question
'How should Scotland change to tackle the climate emergency in an effective and fair way?'
Public consultation in the form of an 'ideas forum' ran from 9 to 26 October (it seems with very little publicity and limited response), and the forum 'results' are available in a rather confusing format here (filter by highest rated or most comments). It is not clear if there will be any further public consultation.
More information is available on the Assembly's website at https://www.climateassembly.scot/
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- 19:00 'Carbon Conversations' workshops - Lairg & District Learning Centre
- Wednesday 12 May
- 18:30 Planet Sutherland Permaculture event
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- 14:00 HGFP Development Group meeting - Education and training
- Thursday 13 May
- 16:00 HGFP Development Group meeting - Community Resilience
- 14:00 HGFP Development Group meeting - Local Food Economy
- 19:30 National Museum of Scotland - Secrets of the Rosemarkie Sunfish
- Monday 17 May
- 19:00 Transition Network Bounce Forward - The Universal Basics
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