Sustainable development and climate change strategy

1. Contribute to improving health and wellbeing through environmental protection and access to environmental benefits for all

2. Progress climate justice and ensure the transition to net-zero by 2045 does not exacerbate poverty or inequalities

3. Influence change through improving the understanding of Sustainable Development and the Climate Emergency across South Lanarkshire

4. Improve affordable, sustainable and accessible transport options

5. Progress a transition to net-zero, energy efficient and climate resilience homes, buildings and infrastructure, and minimise the unsustainable use of natural resources and regenerate where appropriate

6. Improve the availability and access to quality local outdoor spaces and services

7. Empower communities to take climate action and be more environmentally sustainable

8. Take action to allow South Lanarkshire to become a zero waste society

9. Enhance, protect, and respect the outdoors and the natural and historic environment

10. Conserve, restore and improve biodiversity, and use nature-based solutions in tackling the climate crisis

11. Enable a fair transition to a green economy leaving no one behind

12. Lead the transition to a circular economy and improve resource efficiency through responsible consumption and production, and buying and selling of local goods and services

13. Support South Lanarkshire’s businesses in the transition to a net-zero economy and helping to ensure they are climate resilient