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SNP deny ‘watering down’ climate targets
Groups including Friends of the Earth Scotland, Stop Climate Chaos Scotland and Global Justice Now, protest outside Bute House in Edinburgh, after the Scottish Government announced it was ditching its target of reducing emissions by 75% by 2030, April 23, 2024

SNP net zero secretary Gillian Martin has denied “watering down” key Scottish government emissions targets.

After a string of warnings on the lack of progress to meet its target to cut carbon emissions by 75 per cent by 2030, independent experts at the statutory climate change committee in March reported intermediate goals had been missed in eight out of the last 10 years.

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