Climate Change Reporting

Public Bodies Climate Change Duties Reporting

Scotland’s climate change legislation sets a target date for net zero emissions of all greenhouse gases by 2045. Public sector bodies play a key role in meeting this target and have statutory climate change duties under the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 to:

• cut greenhouse gas emissions;
• prepare for the impacts of climate change;
• and act sustainably.

Schedule 1 Listed Bodies (2015 Order, as amended by 2020 Order) are required to report annually on compliance with climate change duties. SSN publishes an annual summary analysis report presenting key findings from public sector bodies’ annual reports

Public bodies must submit reports via ccreporting@ed.ac.uk no later than 30th November to be deemed compliant. Please contact ccreporting@ed.ac.uk for all reporting queries.

Please use the thumbnails below to navigate through the reporting guidance and resources.