Scotland's Climate Change Plan – 2026-2040 - ICIA

Footnotes

1 Scottish Government (2018) Islands (Scotland) Act: Islands (Scotland) Act - legislation.gov.uk

2 Scottish Government (2019) The National Plan for Scotland’s Islands: The National Plan for Scotland's Islands - gov.scot-planscotlands-

3 Scottish Government (2026) National Islands Plan - gov.scot

4 Scottish Government (2022) Island communities impact assessments: guidance and toolkit - gov.scot

5 Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009: Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009

6 Climate Change (Emissions Reductions Targets) (Scotland) Act 2024: Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2024

7 Just Transition Commission: The Commission – Just Transition Commission

8 Just Transition Commission: No Time to Lose: Final Report of the 2nd Just Transition Commission (2026)

9 Inhabited islands analytical report | Scotland's Census (2025) - scotlandscensus.gov.uk

10 National Islands Plan Survey: final report (2026) - gov.scot

11 Scotland's Labour Market Insights: October 2024 - gov.scot

12 Employee earnings in the UK - Office for National Statistics

13 The cost of remoteness: Reflecting higher living costs in remote rural Scotland when measuring fuel poverty 2023 update: March 2025 - Centre for Research in Social Policy Loughborough University on behalf of the Scottish Government.

14 Scottish House Condition Survey: Local Authority Analysis 2017-2019 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

15 Scottish House Condition Survey: Local Authority Analysis 2017-2019 - gov.scot

16 NB: Scottish House Condition Survey (SHCS) Local Authority fuel poverty estimates are based on a three-year pooled sample. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, there is no SHS data for 2020 and incomplete data for 2021, so it is not possible to produce the three-year average for 2020 – 2022. Therefore, 2017 – 2019 Local Authority data tables remain the most recent available data.

17 Scottish Government analysis of the Energy Savings Trust Home Analytics database (2024)

18 Footnotes - Heat in buildings strategy: island communities impact assessment - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

19 Fuel Poverty (Targets, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Bill: island communities impact assessment - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

20 Source: internal Scottish Government analysis of postcode level gas statistics Postcode level gas statistics: 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

21 Energy price cap | Ofgem (2023)

22 Retail market indicators - Ofgem.gov.uk (2024)

23 We note that there is no single definition of ‘traditional buildings’ – which may be considered to be buildings built pre-1919, or buildings built after this date but in the ‘style’ of pre-1919 buildings (i.e., solid stone wall construction). This makes accurate analysis of these figures challenging.

24 Scottish Government analysis of the Energy Savings Trust Home Analytics database (2024)

25 EPC ratings (A-G) are a proxy for energy efficiency. Properties rated A are considered the most energy efficient, and properties rated G the worst.

26 Scottish House Condition Survey: Local Authority Analysis 2017-2019 - gov.scot

27 Source: Household waste generated and managed 2024, SEPA (Published 2025)