New statistics out today have revealed the Scottish Government has failed to meet its own legally binding annual emissions reduction target for 2021.
This means that four out of the last five targets have been missed, with emissions not falling fast enough to keep Scotland on track to deliver on its promise of being net zero by 2045.
Responding to the news, Jamie Livingstone, Head of Oxfam Scotland, said: “The Scottish Government’s latest failure to meet its own annual climate target is yet another reckless misstep in a very dangerous dance with climate destruction: one that threatens all of our futures, but particularly those of people living in poverty.
“The Government’s climate rhetoric is alarmingly out of sync with the speed and level of action required: Ministers must now deliver the urgent and decisive new investment that’s needed to drive down Scotland’s emissions, including by making polluters pay for the damage they’ve caused.”
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For more information and interviews, please contact: Rebecca Lozza, Oxfam Media and Communications Adviser, Scotland and Wales: rlozza1@oxfam.org.uk / 07917738450
Notes to Editors
Oxfam Scotland is a member of Stop Climate Chaos Scotland. Read their response to the announcement here.