In ‘acute global embarrassment’, Scottish government expected to follow UK and Wales by adopting five-year carbon budgets
Grangemouth oil refinery and petrochemical plant in Scotland. Climbdown was ‘direct and damaging consequence of the Scottish government’s own dilly dallying on climate action’, says expert.Grangemouth oil refinery and petrochemical plant in Scotland. Climbdown was ‘direct and damaging consequence of the Scottish government’s own dilly dallying on climate action’, says expert.
Jamie Livingston, the head of Oxfam Scotland, said: “With the world becoming a dirtier and deadlier place every day, any decision to rewrite Scotland’s climate rulebook would be an acute global embarrassment. Ami McCarthy, a campaigner with Greenpeace UK, said: “Legislating to reduce Scotland’s climate ambition, fresh off the back of the planet’s hottest ever recorded 12-month period, is like striking a match in a petrol station. It might not set the whole thing ablaze immediately but it’s clearly a dangerous step to take.”
In a post on X, the first minister added: “Scotland will continue to show global leadership in the face of the climate crisis.”
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