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Steering Scotland’s pathway to net zero Published:
Roadmap to world-leading climate change targets published.
More than 100 new policies and proposals to support Scotland’s green recovery and help deliver a just transition to net zero have been launched.
They form part of the Climate Change Plan 2018 – 2032, which has been updated to reflect the world’s most ambitious framework of climate targets as enshrined in Scotland’s Climate Change Act 2019.
The Plan, which also increases the ambition of more than 40 other policies to cut greenhouse gas emissions across all sectors, includes:
the launch of a £180 million Emerging Energy Technologies Fund (EETF), that, over the next 5 years, will support the development of Scottish hydrogen and Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) industries, and support the development of Negative Emissions Technologies (NETs)
New homes in Scotland could require zero emission heating systems
The Scottish Government is consulting on the proposed New Build Heat Standard, which aims to ensure heating systems in all new buildings given consent from 2024 do not emit any emissions
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All new build homes in Scotland could require zero emission heating systems under new plans proposed by the Scottish Government.
It has launched a consultation on the proposed New Build Heat Standard, aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and helping Scotland meet its climate change targets.
The measures aim to ensure heating systems in all new buildings given consent from 2024 do not emit any emissions at the point of use, in line with the recommendation from the UK Committee on Climate Change that this is achieved from 2025 at the latest.