The Environment Strategy for Scotland: Vision and Outcomes.

The Environment Strategy creates an overarching framework for Scotland’s existing environmental strategies and plans, including the Climate Change Plan. These will be reviewed over time, to reflect international targets and other policy developments. The vision and outcomes set out in this document will help to guide the future development and delivery of these strategies and plans by establishing our long-term direction and shared goals. The Environment Strategy will sit alongside existing high-level Scottish Government policy frameworks, including Scotland’s Economic Strategy, the Fairer Scotland Action Plan,the National Transport Strategy and the National Planning Framework.
The Strategy's vision is: By 2045, by restoring nature and ending Scotland’s contribution to climate change, our country is transformed for the better - helping to secure the wellbeing of our people and planet for generations to come. Environmental Strategy outcomes are: Our healthy environment supports a fairer, healthier, more inclusive society; Our thriving sustainable economy conserves and grows our natural assets; Scotland’s nature is protected and restored with flourishing biodiversity and clean and healthy air, water, seas and soils; We play our full role in tackling the global climate emergency and limiting temperature rise to 1.5C; We use and re-use resources wisely and have ended the throw-away culture; We are responsible global citizens with a sustainable international footprint.