Scottish climate change adaptation programme 2019-2024: analysis of responses to consultation

Stakeholders' responses to consultation draft on Scotland's second statutory five-year climate change adaptation programme. The programme is due to be launched in autumn 2019.


2. Quantitative summary of responses

2.1 Table 2.1 provides a quantitative overview of consultation responses. It indicates where participants have selected 'yes', 'unsure' or 'no' in their response to a specific question, if a question has not been answered, and the number of comments made by participants in response to the question.

Question Yes % Yes No % No Unsure % Unsure Not Answered % Not Answered Comments
Proposed Overall Approach
1: Do you agree with our outcome-based approach to adaptation in Scotland? 65 87% 0 0% 4 5% 4 7% 52
2: Do you agree that a National Forum on Adaptation should be established to facilitate discussion on climate change adaptation? 65 87% 0 0% 3 4% 5 8% 53
3: Do you agree that climate change adaptation behaviours should be included in the Programme? 63 84% 0 0% 7 9% 3 5% 57
4: Do you agree that an integrated approach should be taken to monitoring and evaluation? 65 87% 0 0% 4 5% 4 7% 47
Proposed Vision and Outcomes
5: Do you agree with our long-term vision for adapting to climate change in Scotland? 53 71% 5 7% 10 13% 5 8% 47
6: Does the Programme identify the right outcomes for Scotland over the next five years? 37 49% 7 9% 21 28% 8 12% 57
Policies
7: Are there any additional policies that should be included in the outcomes set out in the following pages? 49 65% 6 8% 10 13% 8 12% 59
Strategic Environmental Assessment
8: What are your views on the accuracy and scope of the information used to describe the SEA environmental baseline set out in the Environmental Report? ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 43
9: What are your views on the predicted environmental effects as set out in the Environmental Report? ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 42
10: What are your views on the findings of the SEA and the proposals for mitigation and monitoring of the environmental effects set out in the Environmental Report? ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 42

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