SNP ministers have been accused of suffering an “abject humiliation” as a legal climate target is set to be officially scrapped today.
In a significant climbdown by the Snp-green government at Holyrood, a key aim will be dropped and, instead, ministers will bring forward measures to ramp up environmental action.
SNP Net Zero Secretary Mairi Mcallan is set to confirm that a commitment to reduce 1990 levels of emissions by 75 per cent by 2030 will be removed from legislation, subject to the approval of MSPS.
An insider told the scots man that in order for the plan to be produced and legally-sound, the legislation will require “serious surgery” while Ms Mcallan is set to point the finger at a lack of climate ambition in Westminster as she calls for all parties to “put politics aside” and “reject culture wars” by backing her plans to get progress back on track.
The Scottish Conservatives have branded the U-turn an “abject humiliation” for the SNP and Greens. But Ms Mcallan, who is set to announce a host of policies to push forward progress, has insisted it will be done in an “ambitious and fair” manner.
Ministers have been forced to act after a scathing report from the independent watchdog, the Climate Change Committee (CCC), last month
that the 75 per cent target being met in just six years time is no longer feasible https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/humiliated-snp-to-scrap-2030-climate-action-target-4595350
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