‘Humiliating climbdown’
As a minority government, the SNP needed support from other parties to pass the Bill before it could become law.
Ahead of the vote, Scottish Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie said his party would only be willing to vote in favour of the Bill if the Scottish government “commits to accelerated climate action”.
Harvie told MSPs: “I think we should be a bit embarrassed by the need for this Bill.”
The Climate Change Bill scraps annual targets and the 2030 and 2040 interim targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions but keeps the aim of reaching net-zero by 2045.
It comes after the Scottish government accepted it could not reach its target of reducing emissions by 75% by 2030.
The bill passed in Holyrood by 105 votes to zero, receiving support from all parties, apart from the Scottish Greens whose seven MSPs abstained. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2dl599xk5wo?fbclid=IwY2xjawGZyZJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHcHmSbvuwltaplXVi7MGvzU_bL_WyFhFusZQ8FsI0p3ETmgj7YZMRuS9xg_aem_beq2kpltmEL0abb78dTnPg
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