Council's climate strategy is all talk and little action

This week’s Policy and Sustainability Committee at the council was, once again, a glaring example of the council's all fur coat and nae knickers approach with an update on its “ambitious” Climate Strategy 2030.

- Iain Whyte

The climate zealots were in full flow praising themselves about how committed they were to Net Zero.

Yet even where substance existed - Edinburgh’s emissions have fallen but are now plateauing-it is down to national changes and not what the council is doing at our expense.

The report boldly states that since 2021 “extensive programmes and infrastructure have been successfully delivered by the council to progress citywide decarbonisation”. But what were these?