Scotland ditches climate pledge to cut emissions by 75% by 2030

Scotland on Thursday scrapped its target to cut climate-damaging greenhouse gas emissions by 75% by 2030, but said it still intends to meet a 2045 net zero target.

The move, announced in the Scottish parliament, came in response to a critical report published in March by the independent Climate Change Committee (CCC) which said Scotland was so far behind that meeting the 2030 target it was no longer credible. "We accept the CCC's recent re-articulation that this parliament's interim 2030 target is out of reach," Mairi McAllan, the Net Zero Secretary for Scotland's devolved government, said.