Though most governments struggle to implement carbon-cutting measures in specific sectors, things seem to be quite different in Scotland, or at least we can hope so for the future. The Scottish government has decided to take into account GHG emissions for all public-sector spending while at the moment.
Starting from 2010, the carbon cost of each government projects will be estimated and will be published as part of the government budget. The move has been designed to let bureaucrats and policymakers consider the environmental costs against the economic benefits. Environmental experts have been assigned the task to prepare a comprehensive framework that will facilitate estimation of the environmental costs for all official projects.
“Carbon budgeting is a carbon assessment tool that will be applied across all government spending in Scotland,” mentioned .
It is expected that the strategy to do so would help Scotland keep up to its promise of 80% reductions in emissions by mid-century. Environmentalists have applauded this government stance and were already pressurizing the government to measure the long-term environmental costs of infrastructure projects.
Praising the current move, Duncan McLaren of said: “We welcome these proposals for a carbon budget. However, for it to work, it needs to genuinely influence the decisions the government makes, and must be linked with any emissions targets.”
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