Applying interlinked practices to enhance the effectiveness of net zero policymaking in Scotland

Abstract

The aim of this research was to explore how the Scottish Government can apply the concept of interlinked practices to improve net zero policy development and enact societal change. It finds that a number of existing tools provide a low-cost gateway for Scottish Government policy teams to consider how practices are interlinked across sectors and other organisations could be using tools such as the individual, social and material (ISM) tool, Place Standard with a climate lens, or 20-minute neighbourhoods concept.