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New law to dump climate change targets a ‘shameful moment’
Protesters from the Edinburgh Climate Coalition outside the Edinburgh International Conference Centre on the first day of the SNP Annual National Conference, August 30, 2024

THE SNP Scottish government’s moves to formally dump key climate targets were branded a “shameful moment” by environmental campaigners today.

In 2019, Scotland introduced what then first minister Nicola Sturgeon called the “most stretching targets in the world” to tackle climate change, committing to cutting emissions by 75 per cent by 2030.

But in April, just weeks after the independent climate change committee branded that target “out of reach,” net zero secretary Mairi McAllan announced they would be dropped.

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