New carbon budgets outlined to replace net zero targets

New climate targets set - Graeme Dey

Carbon Budgets to tackle climate change. Limits on the amount of greenhouse gases Scotland will emit over the coming decades have been announced as part of action to tackle climate change. The Carbon Budgets propose five-year, statutory limits on emissions from 2026 to 2045. The proposed budgets are in line with the advice from the independent Climate Change Committee (CCC) and the Scottish Government’s own assessments. The average level of emis…

New carbon budgets outlined to replace net zero targets

Ministers have pledged a five-yearly cycle of carbon budgets that aim to wind down emission more steadily and be more resistant to outside forces.