New York, USA — The Scottish Climate Intelligence Service (SCIS) has published a landmark case study, “Multi-level Climate Governance in Scotland: The Scottish Climate Intelligence Service”, now being showcased at New York Climate Week 2025.

Developed in collaboration with COSLA, ClimateView, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, and the Scottish Government, the study explores how Scotland is proving that national ambition and local delivery can be aligned in practice — when supported by the right architecture.

That architecture is ClimateView’s Transition Element Framework (TEF) and digital platform. Acting as the bedrock behind SCIS, ClimateView provides the technology needed to coordinate action across all 32 local authorities, ensuring local plans add up to national progress toward Scotland’s 2045 net zero target.

“ClimateView is an incredibly useful tool that visually evidences the changes that can be made and the positive impacts they will make.” — Project Manager, SCIS user

Graph: ClimateView's Transition Element Framework

Outcomes so far

With SCIS powered by ClimateView, Scotland has already achieved:

• •All 32 councils engaged with over 150 officers trained
• •543 logged interventions targeting emissions across energy, buildings, transport and waste
• •32 standardised emissions inventories (2005–2022) delivered
• •Every council set up with a ClimateView dashboard

Why it matters

Without a shared data framework, climate action risks becoming fragmented, duplicated, and slowed. ClimateView provides the digital architecture that allows SCIS to:

• •Standardise methodologies across councils
• •Enable peer learning and capacity-building
• •Reduce duplication while speeding up delivery

The result: a nationally coordinated but locally embedded service that is helping Scotland bridge the gap between climate ambition and climate delivery.

Tomorrow, SCIS Co-Director Clare Wharmby will share Scotland’s story live at New York Climate Week — showing how Scotland’s experience and the development of SCIS prove that, with the right mix of institutional arrangements, shared infrastructure, and enabling technology, multi-level governance can move from theory to practice.

Download the Case Study here.