DG Net Zero

The Scottish Government Net Zero Directorates are a group of civil service Directorates in the Scottish Government. They were created in July 2021, with Agriculture & Rural Economy, Marine Scotland, Energy & Climate Change, Environment & Forestry, Transport Scotland, Forestry and Land Scotland and Scottish Forestry moving from the Economy Directorates.

The individual Directorates within the DG (Director-General) Net Zero family (the Net Zero Directorates) report to the Director-General, Roy Brannen.

Ministers

There is no direct relationship between Ministers and the Directorates. However, the activities of the Directorates include those under the purview of the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Covid Recovery, John Swinney MSP, the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy, Kate Forbes MSP and the Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport, Michael Matheson MSP. They are supported in their work by the Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise, the Minister for Just Transition, Employment and Fair Work, the Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth and the Minister for Environment, Biodiversity and Land Reform.

Directorates

The overarching Scottish Government Directorates were preceded by similar structures called "Departments" that no longer exist (although the word is still sometimes erroneously used in this context).^[1] As an overarching unit, the Economy Directorates incorporate a number of individual Directorates entitled:

Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Environment and Forestry Directorate
Marine Scotland Directorate

Agencies and other bodies

The Directorates are responsible for two agencies:

Forestry and Land Scotland
Scottish Forestry

The Directorates also sponsor several non-departmental public bodies including:

Cairngorms National Park Authority
Crofters Commission
Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Authority
James Hutton Institute
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Scottish Environment Protection Agency
NatureScot

History

Prior to the creation of the Net Zero Directorates in June 2021, the group of directorates were part of the Environment Directorates. Prior to 2007, the work had been carried out by the old Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department (SEERAD).

References

↑ "Reporting on 100 Days: Moving Scotland forward" Scottish Government. Retrieved 15 August 2009. "A new structure for Scotland's Government has been put in place, transforming the Departmental structure, moving from nine Heads of Department to a Strategic Board with the Permanent Secretary and six Directors-General (DGs), with each DG having responsibility for driving one of the Government's strategic objectives. Directors-General focus on the performance of the whole organisation against the Government's purpose. The new structure means that the old Scottish Executive Departments no longer exist. Instead, each DG supports and manages a number of Directorates headed by a Director with these Directorates leading, presenting and developing policy for Ministers."

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[1] "Reporting on 100 Days: Moving Scotland forward" Scottish Government. Retrieved 15 August 2009. "A new structure for Scotland's Government has been put in place, transforming the Departmental structure, moving from nine Heads of Department to a Strategic Board with the Permanent Secretary and six Directors-General (DGs), with each DG having responsibility for driving one of the Government's strategic objectives. Directors-General focus on the performance of the whole organisation against the Government's purpose. The new structure means that the old Scottish Executive Departments no longer exist. Instead, each DG supports and manages a number of Directorates headed by a Director with these Directorates leading, presenting and developing policy for Ministers."

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