THE SNP-Green Scottish government’s 2030 emissions targets are “beyond what is credible,” a damning new report has said today.

In its annual report to Holyrood, the climate change committee bluntly told MSPs: “The Scottish government is failing to achieve Scotland’s ambitious climate goals.”

Annual emission goals, regarded as crucial stepping-stones, have been missed eight times in 12 years, leaving the 2030 target of cutting emissions by 75 per cent requiring most sectors of the economy to increase their rate of reduction by nine times over the remainder of the decade.