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Sustainability Overview

Kate Wimpress Convener of the Citizens’ Assembly of Scotland

The kind of Scotland we are seeking to build will be a sustainable country balancing environmental, economic and social impacts for the good of the country and its citizens

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Assembly Member statements: Environmental sustainability

• Be clean. Energy wise not dependent on fossil fuels
• T

ake more care of the environment

• Put the environment above all else
• Be ambitious and aggressive in combating climate change

Inclusive growth is growth that combines increased prosperity with greater equality, creates opportunities for all, and distributes the benefits of increased prosperity fairly.

Scottish Government

Assembly Member statements: Economic sustainability

• Have a good income
• Eradicate in work poverty
• Make sure wealth is fair distributed and make sure that

everyone is safe financially

• Have a greater and stronger state pension
• Have better incomes and a better living wage to reduce

poverty

• Provide economic equality, ensuring every citizen can live in

comfort and dignity

Assembly Member statements: Social Sustainability

• Be a fair and equal society for the benefit of all citizens
• A society which strives for equality regardless of race,

religion and financial security

• A fair society from the cradle to the grave
• Eradicate poverty in all forms
• Free equal educational opportunities for all

Employment / Employability is the core

• f what drives a true inclusive economy

Sandie Begbie CBE

Building a Wellbeing Economy that serves social and environmental goals

Dr Katherine Trebeck

Delivering Scotland’s climate change targets

Dr Andy Kerr

Panel Discussion

Chaired by Kate Wimpress, Convener

Q&A Session

Break