Here’s finally something to be proud of. This afternoon, Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) have unanimously agreed to reduce carbon emissions from an initial agreement of 34% to 42% by 2020. In the longer term, the idea is to have them reduced by 80% by 2050.
This won’t be easy, and there wil be resistance by those who prefer to remain with the status quo but when it happens at government level, there is at least some hope for some action to be taken. Sure Scotland is only a little over 5M People and on the world population scale, it’s nothing compared to the USA or China but if such a small nation can inspire, first the rest of the UK, Europe and then the rest of the world there can then be hope for some more global action.
I am now looking forward to seeing how it’s being practically put to use. Banning all new coal power stations would be a start.