Scottish Parliament committee: Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
Recommendation 9
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee Session 6 Legacy Report
SP Paper 1111
Published 25 March 2026
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Recommendation (the committee's words)
The next Parliament, led by our successor committee on net zero scrutiny, will be the first to assess progress in emissions reduction against five-year budgets not annual targets. This may require some changes and there is an opportunity to consider what has emerged as good practice in other UK legislatures where five-year budgets have been the norm. To some extent, a switch to five-year budgeting is about avoiding short-termist thinking about "success" and "failure" in emissions reduction. But it will still be important to know early if policies are going off track.
From: Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee, Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee Session 6 Legacy Report (SP Paper 1111), 25 March 2026
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