[1] Annual targets for greenhouse gas emissions must also be set, after consultation the relevant advisory bodies.

Provisions are included in the Act for the creation of a Scottish Committee on Climate Change, as at present the only advisory body is the UK-wide Committee on Climate Change.

[3] As of January 2011, public sector bodies in Scotland must comply with new guidelines set out by the Scottish Government.

[4] In May 2007 the Scottish Green Party supported Alex Salmond's first election as First Minister, and his subsequent appointments of ministers, in return for early tabling of the climate change bill and the SNP nominating a Green MSP to chair a parliamentary committee.

[7] The Bill was passed unanimously by the Scottish Parliament on 24 June 2009 and received royal assent on 4 August.