Cleaner Air for Scotland 2: delivery plan

Priority 5: Behaviour change

We will develop an effective public engagement strategy for air quality, drawing upon an assortment of different approaches, using materials from other successful strategies to build a coordinated suite of multi-media initiatives

Our strategic approach includes:

• Cleaner Air for Scotland – air quality public attitudes and behavior: final report
  https://www.gov.scot/publications/cleaner-air-scotland-air-quality-public-attitudes-behaviour-review-final-report/
• Climate Change Public Engagement Strategy
  Climate Change - Net Zero Nation: draft public engagement strategy - consultation - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

Outcome:

7. We ensure the Scottish public are aware of air pollution issues and empowered to make behaviour changes that contribute towards improving air quality and reducing exposure.

Actions:

Our key short term action (to 2022)

• The Scottish Government will commission a baseline survey of current awareness amongst the Scottish public of air pollution health effects and source contributors.

Our key medium term action (to 2024)

• Scottish Government will actively link with other agencies and organisations that are not air quality specific, but which deliver programmes having co-benefits for air quality improvements and behavioural change, such as Cycling Scotland, Sustrans and Living Streets.
• The Scottish Government will develop a public engagement strategy on air quality in Scotland, taking into account the recommendations from the evidence review.

Our key long term action (to 2026)

Scottish Government will continue to support Clean Air Day and other activities promoting raising awareness of air pollution.