Recommendation 7

Having a comprehensive mix of “early warning indicators” across the breadth of the Plan will also be vital if it is to be a successful delivery document. Not only would this assist the Parliament, academia and regulatory bodies in their scrutiny work, it would also provide a public service of setting out progress in particular areas in a relatively straightforward way. The Committee recommends that:
the Scottish Government should publish early warning indicators at the earliest opportunity;
the Scottish Government should consider renaming the indicators to be “performance indicators”. Regardless of this, they should frame the indicators clearly around performance – with each one tracking a clear delivery goal with read across to corresponding significant policies in the CCP;
the Scottish Government should consider developing an indicators-based “dashboard” as a transparent and accessible way of communicating net zero progress to the public. The CCC should have a role in monitoring progress against the relevant indicators.