Climate change - Scottish National Adaptation Plan 2024-2029: children's version

Hello!

Welcome to the Scottish Government’s children and young people’s guide to the third Scottish National Adaptation Plan called SNAP3.

SNAP3 is a plan made to help prepare or ‘adapt’ Scotland to the effects of climate change over the next five years. If you are on a computer, you can find links to the different parts on the left-hand side of this page. If you are on a mobile phone, you can find links to the different parts by tapping the ‘Choose section’ drop down button above which will make a list of all the pages appear.

• ‘What is climate change?’ explains what climate change is and why we need to prepare for it.
• The next five pages explain the five main parts of SNAP3. Each part is made up of important goals that we want to achieve.
  • ‘Our Nature’
  • ‘Our Communities’
  • ‘Our Public Services’
  • ‘Our Economy’
  • ‘Our World’
• Lots of different people, groups and organisations from across Scotland will be working together to carry out the changes in the plan. For instance, our scientists and researchers will give us the information we need to make good choices. ‘Your Part to Play’ gives ideas of things you can do to play a part in adapting to climate change.
• Some tricky words in this guide are written in bold like this. You can find explanations of these words on the ‘Glossary’ page.

Why is it important to know about SNAP3?

Every child in Scotland has rights:

• Rights are the promises that the Scottish Government has made so that children can have a good life.
• The effects of climate change may make it harder for children to use these rights.
• This plan will help make sure children can continue to use their rights, whatever the weather.