Scottish climate change adaptation programme 2019-2024: consultation draft

Annex C: Strategic Environmental Assessment

The Environmental Report concludes that the draft Programme is likely to have significant positive environmental effects on climatic factors, by drawing together relevant adaptation measures to maximise their impact, capitalise on synergies and addressing any gaps. This approach to climate change adaptation can also optimise environmental benefits more widely, with likely positive environmental effects to biodiversity, population and human health, air, soil, water, material assets, cultural heritage and landscape.

The environmental assessment has also identified the potential for mixed / uncertain effects arising from future adaptation measures at the local level. Individual projects would however be subject to consideration through the relevant regulatory regimes and appropriate mitigation applied.

Finally, the Environmental Reports sets out opportunities for enhancement linked to the 7 draft programme outcomes.

The full Strategic Environmental Assessment is available on the Scottish Government website.

Q8. 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? (Please give details of additional relevant sources)

Q9. What are your views on the predicted environmental effects as set out in the Environmental Report?

Q10. 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?