Citizen's Assembly: 'Ordinary folk' outline climate change plan
Individuals need to play their part in tackling climate change, according to a report by Scotland's Climate Assembly.
The interim report calls for politicians to have the courage to act now to help reduce carbon emissions.
Scotland's Climate Assembly was set up to allow people to make recommendations on tackling climate change.
The assembly is made up of about 100 people who broadly represent Scottish society and is designed to influence decision making at Holyrood.
Their report concludes that everyone has a part to play in minimising the use of energy.
Another issue is reducing the carbon footprint caused by consumption, according to the report, with members citing the need to get people to buy fewer new goods.
The assembly has set out 16 goals agreed by a consensus of members for tackling the climate emergency in a fair and effective way.
These cover a broad range of issues including domestic heating, taxation and the economy.
Ruth Harvey, co-convener of the Climate Assembly, paid tribute to the group's members for "grappling with so much complex, technical evidence".
She added: "This is a learning journey I believe all of us in Scotland now need to take together.
"For the first time, ordinary folk are today setting out for our parliament a concrete programme so that Scotland can take the lead in tackling the climate emergency." Read original full article
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Atlantis Viewpoint
Individuals' roles have a great impact on the collective results of humanity. For this reason, we all need to play our part in tackling climate change. Based on these ideas, Scotland's Climate Assembly is giving a voice to peoples concerns about the climate emergency. The assembly calls for politicians to have the courage to act now to help reduce carbon emissions.
The assembly is made up of about 100 people who broadly represent Scottish society and is designed to influence political decisions, but also concludes that everyone has a part to play in minimizing the use of energy. The assembly's full report, which will include specific recommendations for the next Scottish government, will be published in May after the Holyrood election. Scottish government ministers will then, by law, have six months to say how they will respond.
A great opportunity for the Scottish population to ask for real solutions to the climate emergency, which we know requires a histrionic energy transition. If transition to just clean energy sources to create electricity, power our industries and transport systems this problem will be solved, we will not need to worry about how far we transport things or how much electricity we use at home.
Using True Clean Energy, not including wood and biomass which come under the ‘renewables’ heading, we can ensure a brighter & cleaner future for humanity. So we encourage Scotland's Climate Assembly to call for real large scale solutions which will not simply delay the inevitable but will actually tackle this problem.
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