Net Zero Assessment: Pilot report

9. Next steps

66. The Cabinet Secretary for Wellbeing Economy, Net Zero and Energy wrote to the Scottish Parliament’s Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee on 18 April 2024, saying that, in line with recommendations in the recent Audit Scotland report on our climate change governance, we will redouble our work to ensure that net zero is fully considered in our workforce, spending, policy development and structures.

67. In developing proposals for how the assessment is rolled out across the SG consideration will be given to how existing governance structures will have a comprehensive and formal advisory role. This will likely be based on the systematic examination of carbon emissions impacts taken forward through the pilot of the NZA. To ensure spending across the public sector reflects our net zero ambitions, as we expand the assessment, we will work with COSLA on how we can assess wider public sector spend against our shared net zero ambitions, through the Climate Delivery Framework.