‘Vague and weak’ policies mean Scotland could miss emission targets
Climate Change Committee says Holyrood administration cannot show how it will cut CO2 by 75%
There is an “acute risk” that Scotland will miss its targets to heavily cut carbon emissions because government policies are too vague and weak, an influential advisory body has warned.
The Climate Change Committee, which advises all the UK’s governments on climate policies, said the Scottish government was currently unable to prove how it would hit its ambitious promise to cut CO2 emissions by 75% by the end of the decade.
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