The SNP government has no clear plan to deliver its emissions targets - which are in danger of becoming “meaningless” - a scathing report by independent experts found. Scottish ministers have overseen a “trend of failure” in meeting Scotland’s climate goals and the country no longer leads the UK in the Net Zero push, the Climate Change Committee said.
The expert body acknowledged Nicola Sturgeon’s government has established “bold” targets more ambitious than many other countries, such as cutting emissions by 75 per cent by 2030 and becoming carbon-neutral by 2045. But it warned there was no “clear delivery plan” and no “coherent explanation” for how Scotland it will reach its eco aims.
The committee added: “Scotland’s climate targets are in danger of becoming meaningless.” It went on: “Scotland’s lead in decarbonising over the rest of the UK has now been lost. Progress is now broadly the same as the UK as a whole.”
