St Andrews Sustainability

Institute

Scottish climate change policy

Jan Bebbington
 In outline
• The Act … and what it doesn’t do

• What follows from having an Act

• How governance (maybe) happens

• ps: on the science & Copenhagen

The Climate Change (Scotland) Act
2009
1. Emission reduction 5. Other provisions
targets • Adaptation
2. Advisory functions • Land
use/muirburn/forestry
3. Reporting duties
• Energy efficiency
4. Duties of public • Civil estate
bodies • Waste & recycling
5. General &
miscellaneous
 What follows …
• Mitigation against CC in • Carbon accounts of
Scotland: Identification & transport & budget
initial assessment of
policy options • ‘Cross compliance’
• Scotland climate change – Zero waste Scotland policy
programme – annual – Food & drink policy
reports framework
• Adapting our ways: – Forestry framework
managing climate change – Land use policy
risk – CAP
• Delivery plan (& more – etc etc etc
detailed action plan and
policies to follow) • And part of review of
performance
 Thinking about governing
Elements

Problematization Identification of an issue to be governed

- Visibilities: created by governance processes and by the use of particular

techniques

Regimes of - Knowledge: which is generated by and used within governance processes

governing or
analytics of - Techniques and practices: used to achieve the governance (and which
government may create visibilities, knowledge and identities)

- Identities: which emerge from and support governance processes

Utopian ideal The aim towards which governance is directed as well as the belief that
governance is made possible by a regime of governing
& finally …