SNP slammed as five of seven key climate targets missed – The Herald
/in COP26, Environment Matters, Scottish Government, Scottish Greens, SNP /by sm_adminLetters to the press, 18/10/21: “I wonder whether the electric vehicles that will whisk COP26 delegates from their cruise ship accommodation to the conference venues have dark-tinted windows? That would help to protect them from the sight of mounds of rubbish and scurrying rats”.
/in COP26, Daily Record, Dennis Grattan, Edinburgh Evening News, Jill Stephenson, Letters, Scottish Government, SNP /by sm_adminScotland set for almost £100m ‘COP26 union dividend’ – The Scotman
/in COP26, The Scotsman, United Kingdom, Unity Matters /by sm_adminCop26: Glasgow braced for ‘humiliation on world stage’ over shambolic preparation for summit – Yahoo news
/in COP26, Environment Matters, Scotland Under the SNP, Scottish Government, SNP, Yahoo News /by sm_adminRubbish and rats: Is Glasgow ready for COP26? – GB news/Facebook
/in COP26, Environment Matters, GB news, Glasgow Matters, The West Coast Matters /by sm_adminPersona non Greta – not all Scots welcome COP26 – CAPx
/in CAPx, COP26, Environment Matters, SNP /by sm_adminCOP26 climate change summit: Why is Glasgow so lukewarm about its biggest ever event? – The Scotsman
/in COP26, Environment Matters, Glasgow Matters, The Scotsman /by sm_adminLetters to the press, 07/10/21: “Hearing Humza Yousaf say that things are going to get worse before they get better is frightening”
/in COP26, Gerald Edwards, Jane Lax, Letters, Scottish Government, SNP /by sm_adminScotland ‘needs to stop peat-burning to reach net zero by 2045’ – STV news
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Scotland needs to urgently halt nearly all peat-burning or risk failing to meet its ambition of net zero by 2045, a report has indicated.
Current “muirburn” practices, the controlled burning of vegetation in moorland areas, typically to promote new growth, are “incompatible” with the Scottish Government’s climate ambitions, said the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Scotland (RSPB).
The conservation charity said peatlands are key centres of carbon storage and when burned can rapidly release stored carbon, whereas healthy wet peatlands continually store the atmosphere-damaging element.
Peatland is estimated to cover nearly a quarter of Scotland, and last year the Scottish Government announced £250m over 10 years for restoring peatlands, with a target of restoring 250,000 hectares of degraded peatland by 2030.
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