Adapting to climate change - Progress in Scotland

Ben is also the founding Director Committee; non-executive director of Ceres Power, and Principal Investigator of the UK Centre for Greening Ørsted and Frontier IP; Chair of the Carbon Trust; and Finance and Investment (CGFI), established by UK Chair of the House of Lords Science and Technology Research and Innovation in 2021 as the national centre Select Committee. [...] The finance gap for nature in Scotland for the next decade has been estimated to be £20 billion.19 The Scottish Government recognises that the public sector alone will not be able to fund the gap and has published initial guidance covering the role of private finance in helping to address the shortfall. [...] The condition of rivers in the Scotland River Basin District remains a concern, however, with 42% rated below ‘good condition’ in 2020.25 Pressures from human • Improvements in the condition of some groundwaters in the Scotland.† The interference continue to hinder the ability of the water proportion of monitored groundwaters classified as good rose from 76% in environment to remain resilient unde. [...] The Plan will aim to address the climate and nature crises, including supporting the delivery of Scottish Government’s legal commitment to reach Net Zero by 2045, by carefully managing increased competition for space and resources in the marine environment.* The revised Plan will look to incorporate findings from the 2021 review of NMP1, which concluded climate change to be the most critical facto. [...] The Scottish Government published the formal response to the final report of the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee Inquiry into the Development and Implementation of Regional Marine Plans in Scotland, in August 2023.