MORE than 60 scientists from 10 universities and research institutes across the nation are urging the Scottish Government to take immediate action on climate change. The academics have signed a letter calling for ambitious action in order to avert climate and ecological breakdown. It comes as environmental movements in the UK – including the Scottish Youth Climate Strike and Extinction Rebellion Scotland – call on the Government to declare a climate emergency, halt biodiversity loss, reduce net emissions to zero well before 2050, and explore a Green New Deal to restructure the economy. In response to the recent uprising of environmental activists, the academics wrote to the Government reminding them of the dangers of inaction. While the letter acknowledges the Scottish Government’s commitment to net 100% elimination of greenhouse gases by 2050, the signatories say “we do not believe that this adequately reflects the level of urgency which this issue merits, or the level of societal engagement which the necessary changes will require.”
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