McArthur: Scrapping of climate targets yet another SNP mess

Speaking ahead of the Scottish Parliament voting on the SNP government’s plans to scrap their climate targets, after years of failing to meet them and the UK Climate Change Committee describing them as ‘no longer credible’, Scottish Liberal Democrat climate crisis spokesperson Liam McArthur MSP said:

“This is yet another mess of the SNP’s own making.

“Ambitious targets were repeatedly undermined by SNP and Green ministers failing to do the hard graft of insulating homes, making transport cleaner or creating green jobs. Those failures led the UK’s climate watchdog to state that the targets were simply not credible.

“Scottish Liberal Democrats know that the climate crisis merits a serious response that goes beyond warm words. That’s why we’ve set out plans for a nationwide insulation programme and measures to boost the uptake of electric vehicles.

“This bill cannot be an escape hatch for the government. Ministers should now be moving heaven and earth to develop a new plan that will finally deliver for both the climate and communities.”