Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2019 (2019 Asp 12).

This Act amends the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 to make provision setting targets for the reduction of greenhouse gases and to make provision about advice, plans and reports in relation to those targets. It establishes a new net-zero emissions target year (2045) and makes provision for setting annual targets for every other year between 2020 and the year before the net-zero emissions target year. The Act also makes provision for the establishment of a Citizen’s Assembly on climate change and replaces the previous annual reporting requirements in relation to emissions with new reporting requirements. It also replaces requirements in relation to reports on proposals and policies with a new requirement to lay before the Scottish Parliament a ‘climate change plan’ every five years and to also lay reports, each relevant year, assessing the progress towards implementing the proposals and policies contained in each substantive chapter of the most recent plan. The Act introduces new rules on emissions accounting.