Scotland's draft Climate Change Plan 2026-2040: consultation analysis

Appendix C – Graphs for Q7

Figure 2 shows how respondents ranked each option. For example, respondents selecting the ‘cost of new zero-emissions vehicles needs to come down’ most often ranked it as their first option (26%), similar to respondents selecting the reliable infrastructure for vehicles (33%), and the “other” option (44%).

Figure 3 presents the share of each option within each rank (e.g., out of all respondents who ranked an option first, how many selected “cost of new zero-emissions vehicles needs to come down”). As shown below, the most commonly selected first priority was the cost of new zero-emissions vehicles (22%), followed by reliable infrastructure for vehicles (30%), and “other” (23%). The least frequently prioritised option was ensuring an adequate number of trained mechanics (picked as the first option by 1% of respondents). On the other hand, the category most often picked as last was “other” (39%), followed by the cost of new vehicles (19%), and ensuring an adequate number of trained mechanics (11%).