Aid and relief agency SCIAF has called for a major new drive from First Minister Humza Yousaf to 'reinvigorate' climate action
Scotland's reputation as a world leader on climate change is “crumbling” because of its failure to hit domestic green targets, a leading charity has warned.
They also want the FM to continue predecessor Nicola Sturgeon’s work on the world stage calling for “loss and damage” funding for countries worst-hit by climate change, and to champion “food justice” around the world. SCIAF is urging the new SNP chief to host an “expert summit” later this year covering all of these issues to “re-energise action” domestically and internationally.
"The new First Minister needs to take this opportunity to reinvigorate action on climate change in Scotland and get on track to achieve and to surpass the legal targets which the Scottish Government have to reduce our emissions. It’s thought the Holyrood administration’s championing of this issue played a small but important role in a deal for a global loss and damage fund agreed the following year at COP27 in Egypt.
She said the world economy was structured so that "huge swathes of land" in poorer countries are geared towards industrial agriculture rather than feeding the people who live there - leading to famine.
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