News article

Independent Review on Cleaner Air for Scotland Published by the Scottish Government

29/08/2019

The Cleaner Air for Scotland – The Road to a Healthier Future Strategy provides a national framework setting out how the Scottish Government and its partner organisations will achieve further reductions in air pollution to meet both the EU and Scottish legal requirements for air quality as soon as possible. The Strategy also highlights the contribution that better air quality will make to sustainable development whilst improving health and the natural environment and reducing health inequalities for the citizens of Scotland. The Strategy was published in 2015 as the first strategy specifically dedicated to tackling the issue in Scotland (previous strategies were conducted on a UK basis). It brings together the major policy areas relevant to air quality - climate change, transport, planning, health and energy - within one overarching framework.