Annual Report 2024/25 - Delivery Plan Implementation and Next Steps

Climate Conscious Shetland

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During 2024/25, work on Shetland’s Climate Change Strategy and Implementation Plan reached an advanced stage following two years of development.  Partners across the isles contributed through workshops, sector-led engagement, and community input, shaping a shared response that reflects Shetland’s unique emissions profile and climate risks.

Progress in the year included:

  • Identifying local climate risks such as increased storms, flooding, and ocean acidification, and building this into planning.
  • Developing priorities across key themes: energy, transport, waste, business and industry, buildings, and land.
  • Highlighting the importance of a Just Transition, ensuring fairness and inclusion for communities and industries.
  • Strengthening partnership collaboration to reduce duplication, stimulate investment, and embed climate action across strategies.
  • Piloting practical actions such as energy efficiency retrofit, electric bus, local car club, and local renewable and storage feasibility, while building climate literacy through community engagement.

Next steps, moving into 2025/26, include seeking full partner approval of the Strategy and Implementation Plan, embedding its actions into organisational strategies, and delivering measurable projects that reduce emissions, strengthen resilience, bring benefit to the community, and protect Shetland’s environment.  An annual progress report will track delivery and impact.