Meeting description: We discussed reflections on COP27: The UN Climate Change Conference and also the opportunities for the Scottish supply chain from the upcoming ScotWind leasing round. We also highlighted the recommendations from our new publication 'Beyond COP27: Next steps for Scotland's clean energy revolution.' These are that the Scottish Government: reforms Scotland's planning process to deliver at least 12GW of additional onshore wind and 11GW of offshore wind by 2030; accelerates the pace of decarbonising Scottish homes and buildings through heating 45% of homes and 25% of our commercial industrial and public buildings from renewable sources by 2030; brings the benefits of Scotland's clean energy revolution to our public and commercial buildings by installing 1GW of solar PV capacity by 2030; continues to develop our world-leading wave and tidal energy industries by creating a support mechanism to work alongside the UK Government's revenue stabilisation mechanism; and establishes an energy skills and services export target for Scotland to support the just transition of workers through planned global industry growth. These recommendations can be accessed online here: https://www.scottishrenewables.com/publications/942-beyond-COP27-next-steps-for-scotlands-clean-energy-revolution.
Topic label: Housing, Climate