𝙄𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙡𝙤𝙬 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙗𝙤𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙘 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙥𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩: 𝙑𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙙𝙫𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙘𝙮

𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗰𝘆 must be informed by some robust analysis, stakeholder consultation, policy mapping and horizon scanning. It involves getting to grips with your locality as a place, what it offers as a business location and place to invest and visit.

If you can’t articulate a vision about what’s special about your locality, or what you need to change or enhance – then you will have difficulty persuading local residents, businesses, and external investors, including government, to get behind you, adapt behaviours to the new green economy, and help improve the economy.

You won’t be able to set effective objectives or goals that people can buy into – to drive your advocacy, resourcing, collaboration or delivery.

The kinds of tasks or priorities that you can address now include:

– Demonstrate how your locality will achieve Net Zero and articulate a vision for your low carbon local economy
– Need to articulate strengths and opportunities in low carbon, environmental goods and services as well as risks and challenges
– Advocate and convince local and national stakeholders and business leaders regarding your local low carbon destination

𝗘𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

The Climate Emergency Skills Action Plan (CESAP) is Scotland’s response to planning for skills to meet the opportunities and challenges of net zero transition. It includes the CESAP Pathfinder Programme: in-depth research on the skills implications of the net zero transition, green occupations, and CESAP sector profiles, with on-going monitoring of CESAP sectors and their changing skills and labour requirements.

Improving local leadership skills and capacity is vital – and there are a number of existing initiatives and examples:

– The Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges Leadership Academy
– The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)
Bristol’s Black & Green Ambassadors Programme
– The NHS Leadership Academy offers a Sustainability Leadership Programme
– Duke University Environmental Leadership Master of Environmental Management degree

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