We have today submitted our response to the Scottish Government’s Draft Climate Change Plan (CCP).
In our response, we set out where the proposals fall short and what is needed to deliver a credible, fair and effective strategy for cutting transport emissions.
We welcome the Scottish Government’s promises to tackle the climate emergency, but the plan lacks the concrete measures needed to deliver transformational change in the transport sector. Without clearly defined policies, targeted funding and political leadership, the plan risks remaining a document of aspiration rather than action.
Critically, the Scottish Government’s car use reduction target is massively watered down compared with earlier commitments, and much of the assumed emissions reductions depend on rapid uptake of electric vehicles. Without the funding or policy clarity needed to deliver behaviour change at scale, the Government’s transport and climate ambitions will remain fundamentally undermined. Read our full response here.
“Nothing in the draft CCP suggests the government has either the leadership qualities or political courage to move from yet more words into actual change on the ground.”
– Jamie Wallace, Transform policy advisor
