Author: Elizabeth Sargeant
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Decarbonising heat in homes: Animation transcript
Scotland is aiming to reach net zero emissions by 2045, five years before the rest of the UK. [A map of Scotland shows which is blue. It slowly turns green from bottom to top. The text ‘Net zero by 2045’ also shows on screen]
One way the Scottish Government intends to achieve this is by changing how we heat our homes. [A house appears on screen with heat waves moving]
The majority of households will need to change their heating systems. [The screen zooms out and the house is placed on the map of Scotland along with other house up and down the map]
This could be done by swapping from high polluting heating systems like gas boilers, to cleaner heating systems like heat pumps. [An image of a gas boiler appears on screen, then an image of a heat pump appears alongside it with a green tick]

But this is a huge and complex task, and the government won’t achieve this by 2045 unless the scale and pace of activity increases. [The following text appears on screen: Regulation, investment, people, infrastructure, supply chain. A circle then appears with ‘2045’ in the middle of it]

[The text ‘To find out more read our report’ then appears on screen alongside an image of the report front cover. The Audit Scotland logo shows]

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