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.”
