4 February 2009
Evidence on Scottish Climate Change Bill submitted to Parliament
Transform Scotland have today submitted their preliminary evidence to Parliament on the Climate Change (Scotland) Bill.
The Bill is generally welcome, but requires improvement if there is any chance of action being taken to reduce climate change emissions within Scotland by 80%. Specifically, we recommend:
• The Bill must set annual emission reduction targets of at least 3% from 2010
• The Bill must include International Aviation and Shipping from 2010
• The Bill must establish a duty on all public bodies to reduce emissions in line with the national targets
• The Bill must include mechanisms for enforcement of the emission reduction targets.