Climate change - Scottish National Adaptation Plan 2024-2029: joint equalities impact assessment and Fairer Scotland Duty assessment

Footnotes

1 This plan is the third succeeding programme set out under the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 however each programme stands as a separate policy piece requiring assessment.

28.2% of people did not answer the sexual orientation question. The percentages used in this report are calculated using the overall population (aged 16 and over), not just those who answered the sexual orientation question.

35.92% of people did not answer the trans status question. The percentage of people who were trans or have a trans history is calculated using the overall population (aged 16 and over), not just those who answered the question. In this report we refer to people who consider themselves to be trans, or have a trans history as trans people.

4 ‘Minority ethnic group’ is used here to refer to all other ethnic groups out with the choices of ‘Scottish’ or ‘Other British’ within the White category. This includes some ethnic groups that were in the White category on the census form such as Irish, Polish, Gypsy/Traveller, Roma and Showman/Showwoman.

5 The 2011 census is being used to reference data for which the 2022 census has yet to release.

6 A household is considered homeless if they have no accommodation in the UK or elsewhere, or have accommodation but cannot reasonably occupy it. A household is threatened with homelessness if it is likely they will become homeless within two months.

7 Defined as “Governments design policies in a way that ensures the benefits of climate change action are shared widely, while the costs do not unfairly burden those least able to pay, or whose livelihoods are directly or indirectly at risk as the economy shifts and changes”.