The Scottish government says it is incapable of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 75% by 2030. In a "difficult context of budget cuts and backtracking by the United Kingdom' on key climate measures, this intermediate objective of 2030 is out of reach.
Scottish Prime Minister Humza Yousaf himself admitted on Thursday that this promise was "beyond credible." The Climate Change Commission (CCC), an independent body responsible for advising the British government, had in fact estimated that the Scottish objective for 2030 was "beyond credible." The Scottish government presented a package of new measures intended to accelerate the fight against climate change, with the creation of 24,000 electric car charging stations by 2030 and the launch of projects to reduce methane emissions in the sector of breeding. The government must now act to chart a path to 2045, at a pace and scale that is achievable, fair and equitable," the minister of the Environment Mairi McAllan said.