SCIS Insights - The Social Benefits of Climate Action: Active Travel
The Scottish Climate Intelligence Service, co-led by ECCI, has published the first of a series of briefings highlighting some of the key social benefits of local climate action that could be implemented by local authorities across Scotland. Working in collaboration with ECCI's CO-BENS Team, SCIS are working to identify ways to integrate these 'co-benefits' into the SCIS capacity-building programme for local authorities, kicking this off with a series of briefings. The short, digestible, impact-driven publications communicate the win-wins for key activity shift areas alongside the interventions associated with delivering them. In line with SCIS strategy of starting where local authorities can have the most impact, these are being published in the following order:
- Active travel
- Electric Vehicles
- Public transport
- Heat pumps
- Heat networks
Further reading
SCIS Policy and Research Officer Sarah Bissett explores the idea of co-benefits, why they matter, and how local authorities can start to re-think the ‘costs’ of climate action in a recent Insight blog, also highlighting the UK Co-Benefits Atlas - an open source website where anyone can look up their area and explore the multiple benefits the net zero transition can bring.