The Scottish Government’s draft climate routemap sets out how it believes the country will reduce emissions in line with national climate targets. MSPs and the public will have the opportunity to comment.
While the aspirations of the routemap are welcome, Stop Climate Chaos Scotland says it lacks tangible and immediate actions to deliver meaningful improvements to the lives of people in Scotland, and address the most polluting sectors e.g. free public transport, meaningful reform to farming support and legislation to drive changes in the way we heat our homes.
“Projections show the financial benefits of following carbon-cutting measures proposed in the draft CCP are almost 10 times the cost of implementing them – that’s a win-win for people and the planet.”