CLIMATE CHANGE
3. The statutory guidance being prepared by the Executive under Section 3E (3) of the Planning Act will confirm that the need to tackle climate change should be seen as the principle challenge of sustainable development. Changing Our Ways: Scotland's Climate Change Programme 3 sets out the Executive's agenda for taking forward this work. The programme commits Scotland to an ambitious target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and puts in place a framework to help reduce Scotland's vulnerability to the effects of climate change. Planning policies have a significant role to play in addressing the need to help mitigate the effects of climate change.