Climate change - national adaptation plan 2024 to 2029: consultation - easy read

The impacts of climate change are already being felt by people in Scotland. That is why, as well as taking action to reduce emissions, we must also take steps to adapt to climate change. This is an easy-read version of the consultation on the Scottish National Adaptation Plan 2024 to 2029.


Responding to the Consultation

We are inviting responses to this consultation by Wednesday 24 April 2024.

Please respond to this consultation using the Scottish Government’s consultation hub, Citizen Space. Access and respond to this consultation online.

If you are unable to respond using our consultation hub, please complete the Respondent Information Form to:

Climate Adaptation Policy Team

Directorate for Energy and Climate Change

Scottish Government

Area 3F South

Victoria Quay

Edinburgh

EH6 6QQ

Or by email to: AdaptationConsultation@gov.scot

Handling your response

If you respond using the consultation hub, you will be directed to the About You page before submitting your response. Please tell us how you want your response to be handled and if you are happy for it to be published.

The Scottish Government has to follow the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. We would have to look at any request made for information about the answers made to this consultation.

If you are unable to respond via Citizen Space, please complete and return the Respondent Information Form included in this document.

To find out how we handle your personal data, please see our privacy policy.

Next steps in the process

If we have been given permission to publish them, responses will be made available to the public at Scottish Government consultations. If you use the consultation hub to respond, you will get a copy of your response by email.

Following the closing date, all responses will be looked at along with any other evidence. An analysis report will also be made available.

Comments and complaints

If you have any comments about how this consultation exercise has been conducted, please send them to the contact address above or at AdaptationConsultation@gov.scot.

Consultation: Scottish National Adaptation Plan

Respondent Information and Answer Return Form

Please Note this form must be completed and returned with your response.

Please send your response to us by email or by post using the following details:

Our email address is: AdaptationConsultation@gov.scot

Our postal address is:

Climate Adaptation Policy Team

Directorate for Energy and Climate Change

Scottish Government

Area 3F North

Victoria Quay

Edinburgh

EH6 6QQ

To find out how we handle your personal data, please see our privacy policy.

Are you responding as an individual or an organisation?

Individual/Organisation

Full name or organisation’s name

Phone number

Address

Postcode

Email Address

The Scottish Government would like your permission to publish your consultation response. Please indicate your publishing preference:

  • Publish response with name
  • Publish response only (without name)
  • Do not publish response

Information for organisations:

The option 'Publish response only (without name)’ is available for individual respondents only. If this option is selected, the organisation name will still be published.

If you choose the option 'Do not publish response', your organisation name may still be listed as having responded to the consultation in, for example, the analysis report.

We will share your response internally with other Scottish Government policy teams who may be addressing the issues you discuss. They may wish to contact you again in the future, but we require your permission to do so. Are you content for Scottish Government to contact you again in relation to this consultation exercise?

Yes/No

Contact

Email: AdaptationConsultation@gov.scot

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