THE level of emissions reductions needed for Scotland to reach its 2030 climate targets is “beyond what is credible”, experts claim.
A report highlighted the rate reduction in most sectors would need to increase by a factor of nine in the years up to the end of the decade.
The Climate Change Committee document, referring to the goal of cutting emissions by 75 per cent, said: “The acceleration required to meet the 2030 target is now beyond what is credible.”
In its damning report to the Scottish Parliament, the CCC noted annual targets for reducing emi ssions had “repeatedly been missed”.
A rise in emissions in 2021 – linked to colder weather that year and an increase in transport emissions post-Covid – was the eighth time in 12 years that targets had not been met.
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