Presentation provided by Alan Hendry (Jacobs) on results of workshops that will inform the creation of a Low Emissions Strategy for Scotland

1. Alan Hendry - Director of Sustainability
Low Emission Strategy
Edinburgh Workshop

2. Low Emissions Strategy – Overall Aims
 Public Commitment by the
Scottish Govt to deliver a
Low Emissions Strategy
 Focus on joined up
Government
 Show wider benefit and
outcomes
 Promote new technologies
 An opportunity to build on
existing initiatives, build
partnerships and share good
practice

3. Points raised by the Minister for Environment &
Climate Change
 The national low emissions strategy will
draw together the wide range of policies
and initiatives that are being taken forward
by the Scottish Government and others.
 It will highlight and strengthen the links
between air quality and other elements of
the Government’s work on climate change,
transport, renewable energy, health and
planning, and it will set out the contribution
that reduced air pollution can make to
sustainable economic growth and quality of
life in our towns and cities.
 Success will be achieved only through
partnership between central and local
government and between the parties in the
Parliament, so that we can depoliticise what
is an important issue for the health and
wellbeing of our communities.
 (Current policy is to) reduce vehicle
emissions and not necessarily traffic
levels/demand
Points raised by various MSPs:
 Addressing poor air quality needs political
will, commitment and cross party support

4. Workshop Process
 First of three planned
themed workshops
 Seeking views of a wide
range of stakeholders
 Identifying good practice
 Identifying opportunities
and barriers
 Structured response
around key
questionsheadings

6. Thank you
Contact:
alan.hendry@jacobs.com
0141.243.8674
07944354459

7. Agenda
 1340 – 1350: Setting the scene (Andrew Taylor –
Scottish Government)
 1350 – 1405: Explanation of workshop process and
initial discussion (Jacobs)
 1405 – 1415: Comfort break
 1415 – 1630: Group discussions – focused questions
(all)
 1630 – 1700: Summary and close (all)