Stephen Thomson Presentation - ' Low Emission Strategy for Scotland, what could it look like?'

1. A Low Emission Strategy
for Scotland
Dr Stephen Thomson
Head of Environment & Sustainability

2. Low Emission Strategy
Ministerial vision to deliver LES in 2015:
Scotland s air quality is amongst the best in Europe.
TRANSPORT - A Scotland that reduces transport
emissions though supporting the uptake of low emission
fuels and technologies and promotes model shift
HEALTH - A Scotland that protects its citizens from the
harmful effects of poor air quality
PLANNING - A Scotland where the built and natural
environments are managed to ensure good air
quality
COMMUNICATION - A Scotland where citizens are
well informed, engaged and empowered to achieve
good air quality

3. What is the challenge?

4. What is the challenge?
INFRACTION
UK in breach of obligations under
Article 13 of the Directive with regard
to the nitrogen dioxide limit values in
16 zones, including Glasgow.
LOCAL VS
NATIONAL
Local air quality issues but a national
strategy; lack of mandatory control

5. HEALTH
Positive health benefits...
Risk to human health becoming more
apparent in scientific literature
COMMUNICATIONS
Invisible risk
Mandatory versus encourage
What is the challenge?

6. Where to focus?
HEALTH
TRANSPORT
Energy
Climate Change
Noise
PLANNING
COMMUNICATIONS

7. What are the barriers?
FINANCE
Lack of business case to change
STATUS QUO
Lack of willingness or resistance to
holistic change
PERCEPTION
Closed for business from limiting
access
POLICY
Policy interaction between climate
change, air and spatial planning

8. What are the solutions?
LEZ where
appropriate
Cross political
support
Non-LEZ solutions inc.
Intelligent traffic systems
Financial
support via
existing policy
Decarbonisation of
transport & EV
charging
Adapting processes

9. Low Emission Zone Framework
A screening
procedure for
assessing LEZ
feasibility will be
mandatory.
A national LEZ
Framework will
be developed in
2015.

10. What are the next steps?
Draft LES launch November 2014
Further consultation and
revision of draft LES
LES launch April 2015

11. www.scottishtransportemissionspartnership.com
www.stepscotland.com
SG
TS
SEPA
LA s
RHA
RTPI
EP:S

12. Stephen.thomson@transportscotland.gsi.gov.uk
0141 272 7945