CLIMATE CHANGE ACT (SCOTLAND) 2009

Early day motion 1768, tabled 29 June 2009 by Michael Weir (Scottish National Party). Signed by 8 members.

That this House welcomes the Climate Change Act (Scotland) 2009 as a world-leading example of a government adopting a legally binding target based on the scientific evidence of the scale of greenhouse gas emission reductions required to avoid dangerous climate change; welcomes the decision of the Scottish Parliament to set a target of a 42 per cent. reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020; notes that the Scottish target of 42 per cent. is more ambitious than the current UK target; believes that adopting this target now shows continued international leadership on climate change legislation; and calls on the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change to take steps to support an immediate UK target of 42 per cent. and an EU-wide target of a 30 per cent. reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 in support of the Scottish Parliament's world-leading legislation.

Signatures by party: Scottish National Party 5, Plaid Cymru 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.