2022 will be the UK’s hottest year on record after the summer’s heatwave and stubbornly high temperatures for much of the year, official figures show.
09.12.2022 - 08:03 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A scathing report warning Scotland is failing to hit its climate goals should serve as a “wake up call”, Green minister Lorna Slater has admitted.
Speaking exclusively to the Daily Record, Slater, the Scottish Government’s biodiversity minister, conceded the country isn’t going fast enough in the mission to curb emissions. It comes after the independent Climate Change Committe’s damning verdict that Scotland’s record on hitting eco targets is a “trend of failure” - and warned the SNP -Green government’s entire climate plan was at risk.
In a candid interview, Slater said she “completely understands people's frustration” that net zero progress “isn’t going as fast as it needs to go”. She added: “I think the report is quite right to give us all a wake up call that we are not on track to meet our targets and that we have to do more.”
On key measures to drive down emissions by boosting nature - like tree-planting and restoring peatlands - the Green MSP said the country would have to “ramp up” to have any hope of meeting climate goals. Despite tree-planting rates in Scotland being the highest in the UK, the CCC warned the country’s progress had faltered and was “off track” from hitting a key 2025 target.
And the expert body said the Scottish Government’s ambitious overall plan to cut emissions by 75 per cent by 2030 - and turn the country carbon-neutral by 2045 - was at risk due to the lack of a “clear delivery plan”. Slater accepted the criticism but also defended the government’s approach, warning the huge scale of the challenge meant there were “lots of moving pieces” and it would “take time” to get policies right.
She said “low-hanging fruit” in the drive to net zero - such as boosting Scots renewables - was already
2022 will be the UK’s hottest year on record after the summer’s heatwave and stubbornly high temperatures for much of the year, official figures show.
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