SCOTTISH Labour leader Anas Sarwar blasted the SNP and the Conservatives today for being “all talk but no substance” on climate change, claiming that his party would deliver a green recovery for Scotland. 

Mr Sarwar warned that without further action to reduce carbon emissions, Scotland’s credibility on the world stage could be damaged going into this November’s UN COP26 summit on climate change.

He hit out at both the British and Scottish governments over their failure to meet their own climate targets, with emissions expected to increase this year following a lull during the coronavirus pandemic. 

The Committee on Climate Change warned that, prior to the pandemic, the Scottish government was not doing enough to meet its legislated targets for emissions reductions in 2020.

Mr Sarwar said: “I want Glasgow to be synonymous with world-leading action on climate change, but with the Tories in charge in Westminster and the SNP in Holyrood, all we get is talk but no substance.

“Scottish Labour has proposed a bold climate recovery plan that will make our homes warmer, transport cheaper and our children’s air cleaner.”