The Environment Strategy for Scotland: Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA)

The Environment Strategy for Scotland: Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA)

Title of Policy:

Environment Strategy

Summary of aims and desired outcomes of Policy:

The vision for the Environment Strategy begins by describing our 2045 vision for fulfilling our role in tackling the global crises of nature loss, climate change and pollution, helping to safeguard our shared planet for all life on Earth. The vision also sets out that we will harness the enormous opportunities this creates for Scotland to flourish as a fairer, greener and more prosperous nation.

The Strategy identifies a set of outcomes to support the delivery of this vision. Four outcomes describe our goals for tackling climate change and restoring the health of our natural environment, in Scotland and overseas:

• Scotland’s nature is protected and restored
• We have ended Scotland’s contribution to climate change
• We minimise pollution and waste in our environment
• Scotland’s global environmental impact is sustainable.

Two outcomes describe the positive transformations in our society and economy that will support these goals, while creating wider benefits for Scotland’s prosperity and wellbeing:

• Scotland’s society is transformed for the better by living sustainably, in harmony with nature
• Scotland’s net zero, nature positive and circular economy thrives within the planet’s sustainable limits.

The Strategy also sets out two cross-cutting outcomes that explain how we will build Scotland’s resilience to the impacts of these global crises and support wider goals for social justice in Scotland and overseas:

• We build Scotland’s resilience to climate change and other global environmental risks
• These transformations are achieved through a just transition, supporting climate and environmental justice and intergenerational equity.

Directorate:

Environment and Forestry (EnFor)

Division:

Future Environment Division

Team:

Environment Strategy Team