Energy strategy: position statement

Conclusion

As set out in the executive summary, this document provides a comprehensive summary of the extensive measures we are already taking with partners across the energy sector to build a green economic recovery from COVID-19 aligned to our ambitious net zero targets.

It is our intention, if re-elected, to refresh Scotland's Energy Strategy in 2021, after appropriate consultation with stakeholders and the Scottish Energy Advisory Board and Strategic Leadership Groups. As stated in the Executive Summary, this stakeholder engagement will inform our thinking on future policy development and enable us to carry out all of the relevant impact assessments.

There is, clearly, much that has already been achieved in just over 3 years, but our own ambition and the scale of the challenge to address the climate emergency mean there is much yet to do and this document lays down a marker as to actions that must be progressed.