Meeting description: CERG organised an MSP briefing session to raise awareness and understanding amongst Members of CERG's proposal for a 'Net Zero Test' (or assessment) process. We proposed that a Net Zero Test/assessment will help the Scottish Parliament scrutinise the climate impact of the Budget and subsequent policy plans such as the Climate Change Plan and would fulfil the Scottish Government's commitments made in the Joint Budget Review to establish a government-wide Net Zero Assessment to improve how carbon assessment is embedded in policy making and spending decisions. CERG made the case that a Scottish Government-wide carbon assessment could help inform alignment of public expenditure with Net Zero targets thereby avoiding higher costs in the future and presented a methodology that has already been tested and could be applied widely to achieve this. We invited the Members to ask questions and discuss this proposal at the event.
Topic label: Climate