Consideration of climatic factors within Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)

Guidance on the consideration of climatic factors within Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), developed by the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA).


Footnotes

  1. Public Bodies are defined in the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 as those bodies which are included in Schedule 1 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
  2. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/175776/0086006.xls
  3. Smith, P. Ecosse - estimating carbon in organic soils; sequestration and emissions. 2007. Edinburgh, Scottish Executive.
  4. Bradley, R. I., Milne, R., Bell, J., Lilly, A., Jordan, C. and Higgins, A. (2005) A soil carbon and land use database for the United Kingdom. Soil Use and Management 21, 363-369.
  5. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/175776/0086006.xls
  6. Source: SNIFFER Handbook of Climate Trends Across Scotland SNIFFER (2006) Handbook of Climate Trends across Scotland and Scotland's seas: towards understanding their state http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/04/03093608/0
  7. Current global greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase. If this continues it will put us on a trajectory to the medium or high emission scenarios.
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