Provision of Climate Change (Net Zero Transition) Consultancy Support Service

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Orkney Islands Council has a requirement for a specialist consultant to undertake an independent and fast track study to identify indicative Council transition pathways towards net-zero. Lot 1: Orkney Islands Council has a requirement for a specialist consultant to undertake an independent and fast track study to identify indicative Council transition pathways towards net-zero. Achieving net zero is a clear aim for the Council and the scale of this task requires independent information to support future decision making and funding decisions (directly but also potentially for supporting external funding applications that can test and support elements of the Council’s transition). The independent specialist climate change consultant will be required to undertake the following tasks: The study will be progressed in two stages, firstly contracting an independent review of the Council’s carbon baseline (aim to complete in the current financial year) and followed in early 2024, by a study to inform and identify indicative transition pathways with estimates of costs and paybacks (emission savings).