Cairngorms National Park Partnership Plan 2022-27 - Other - Page 30
A1. Net zero
The climate and nature crisis is the single biggest challenge that we face and it is critical that the Cairngorms
National Park – as the largest protected area in the UK – is an exemplar in achieving net zero, developing
nature-based solutions and helping Scotland as a whole meet its targets as part of a just transition.
The Park Authority is working with independent experts to establish the National Park’s existing carbon
footprint and will use this to present a route map to net zero (and beyond) during 2023. This will present an
ambitious but realistic action plan based on the best available evidence, helping us identify and track the key
steps we need to take over the coming years.
OBJECTIVE
TARGET
Ensure the Cairngorms National Park reaches net zero as soon
as possible and contributes all it can to helping Scotland meet its
net zero commitments.
•
By 2023, establish the timeframe within which the Cairngorms
National Park will be net zero and set a target for becoming
carbon negative.
INDICATOR
•
Annual independent progress report on net zero for the
Cairngorms National Park.
ACTIONS
BY 2027
•
Carbon audit and baseline established for the Cairngorms
National Park in 2022.
•
Establish a date for the Cairngorms National Park to be net zero
and carbon negative by 2023.
PARTNERS
(alongside the
Park Authority)
•
Establish a Community Climate Action Hub for the National Park.
•
Heritage Horizons: Cairngorms 2030 programme (see page 12).
All partners
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