The public sector has a crucial role to play in enabling Scotland to adapt to climate change.
The Public Sector Climate Adaptation Network (PSCAN) was established in June 2019 with major organisations participating including local authorities, infrastructure operators, universities and national public bodies.
The Network is now comprised of over 60 public bodies who work together to benchmark their progress and identify and share learning on climate change adaptation. We host monthly informal discussion sessions for adaptation practitioners to meet, and arrange bi-annual Network events for members.
PSCAN aims:
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- Support organisations to use the Benchmarking Tool
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- Facilitate peer to peer support
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- Provide training and skills development
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- Develop case studies and shares good practice
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- Provide feedback to inform further development of the Adaptation Capability Framework
Member organisations
- Aberdeen City
- Aberdeenshire Council
- Angus Council
- Argyll and Bute Council
- Cairngorms National Park
- Clackmannanshire Council
- Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar
- Creative Scotland
- Crown Estate Scotland
- Dumfries and Galloway Council
- Dundee and Angus College
- Dundee City Council
- East Dunbartonshire
- East Lothian Council
- EAUC
- Edinburgh City Council
- Edinburgh College
- Falkirk Council
- Fife College
- Fife Council
- Forestry & Land Scotland
- Glasgow City Council
- Glasgow Kelvin College
- Heriot-Watt University
- Highland Adapts
- Highland Council
- Highland and Islands Airports
- Historic Environment Scotland
- Midlothian Council
- Ministry of Justice
- Moray Council
- National Galleries Scotland
- National Libraries of Scotland
- National Records of Scotland
- National Trust Scotland
- NatureScot
- Network Rail
- NHS Assure
- NHS Fife
- North Ayrshire
- North Lanarkshire Council
- Orkney Islands Council
- Perth and Kinross Council
- Police Scotland
- Registers of Scotland
- Scotland Excel
- Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
- Scottish Funding Council
- Scottish Parliament
- Scottish Water
- SEPA
- Shetland Islands Council
- South Ayrshire
- South Lanarkshire
- South of Scotland Enterprise
- SPT
- SRUC
- St Andrews University
- Stirling Council
- The Scottish Government
- Transport Scotland
- University of Aberdeen
- University of Edinburgh
- West Dunbartonshire Council
- West Lothian Council
Recent PSCAN events
Public Sector Adaptation Requirements
he public sector is subject to legislative climate change duties that require action to adapt and report progress. As set out in the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009, a “public body must, in exercising its functions, act: in the way best calculated to help deliver any (Scottish statutory adaptation programme).” This means that all public sector organisations must ensure their activities and programming are designed so as to best deliver Scotland’s National Adaptation Plan (SNAP3). Many public sector organisations make use of the Adaptation Capability Framework to work towards these requirements.
All public bodies are required to report annually on compliance with climate change duties established under S44 of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 and in accordance with Schedule 2 of the 2015 Order. Mandatory Public Bodies Climate Change Reporting began in 2015/16, and includes both mitigation and adaptation reporting requirements. Sustainable Scotland Network (SSN) supports public sector organisations to address their climate change duties. SSN and Adaptation Scotland align their work to ensure a comprehensive landscape of support is available for the public sector.
