Comment on the draft Plan
In response to the Climate and Nature Emergency, Stirling Council drafted an Emergency Plan and wanted to hear from the people who live, work in, study in and visit the area to help shape the vision, objectives and actions we all need to be taking to tackle the Emergency.
People were invited to comment on the whole Plan or only those sections of interest to them. The Plan is split into an introductory section, a Vision and Objectives, 5 Key Themes (Energy Use & Generation, Low Carbon Transport, Resource Efficiency, Nature and Biodiversity, and Climate Adaptation), plus 6 Enabling Actions.
The Plan's priorities, targets and actions are designed to support and comply with Scottish Government activity and legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to the impacts of climate change. Additional legislation and guidance relevant to each theme in the draft Plan is referenced in the Ideas pages.
This comments project provided the opportunity for registered users of the platform to share their ideas to enrich the draft Plan.
There was also a short poll on the Plan's contents on another part of the platform.
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Project Background
Stirling Councillors unanimously recognised the Climate and Nature Emergency at their 3 October 2019 Council meeting. Follow-up reports on immediate actions, longer-term plans and development of an Emergency Plan were agreed at Committee meetings in December 2019 and March 2020. A community engagement programme was also developed, with a launch event planned with key partners at the Albert Halls in Stirling on 18 March 2020. This event had to be cancelled due to the coronavirus, but an on-line survey for Stirling residents to feed in their thoughts about the Emergency and possible actions the Council and partners could take was able to go ahead. The survey was available for completion from March to the end of August 2020 and the results are available on this platform.
As the world adjusted to new ways of living and working with Covid-19, it was clear that community engagement and consultation methods needed to adapt to the new circumstances. On-line participation options were investigated and led to the Council building this platform to support community engagement on the Climate and Nature Emergency and other Council projects.