Does Policy Support Adaptation? - An assessment of Scotland’s national climate

Resource: While Scottish policy recognises and supports the international, national and sub national cross- border nature of climate change and includes this in decision-making, the scale of required staff resource and financing for climate adaptation has not been acknowledged in policy. [...] By increasing Examples of practical and innovative climate funding for locally-led partnerships and action solutions shoud be promoted and reward, initiatives, the government can build on the particularly those that prioritise mitigation and success of established initiatives and support adaptation co-benefits. [...] Policymaking develop and prioritise adaptation solutions that can support a pipeline of adaptation projects will increase the resilience of the most that will have social and economic co-benefits vulnerable stakeholders and communities and affecting real and meaningful change in society. [...] funding, infrastructure, human resources) Capacity Building R3 Policy supports education, empowerment and engagement of stakeholders at all levels of decision and understanding making and action taking in relation to adaptation the capability of R4 Mechanisms exist to recruit and train practitioners with the specific skills required to undertake decision-makers and complex climate adaptation actio. [...] from stakeholder engagement to mainstreaming) D3 The policy recognises that adaptation is an iterative and flexible process that accounts for new information/ experience Mainstreaming M1 Consideration of climate change adaptation been included in the national frameworks for environmental impact assessments and DRR’s M2 Key policies recognise the need for adaptation action in future growth and deve.