Humza Yousaf’s first weeks in office have presented him with the in-tray from hell. But whatever his other troubles, they are all dwarfed in the long-term by the pressing need to address climate change.
That will be the defining issue of our time – for Scotland and for the rest of the world. However, as Audit Scotland’s damning new report makes clear, the Scottish Government has failed to prepare the country to properly respond to this crisis.
Nicola Sturgeon was rightly praised for declaring a “climate emergency” in 2019. But the reality today is stark and shocking: Scotland is missing most of its climate goals, most of the time.
