Call by north MSP for new First Minister to take radical action on climate change

A NORTH MSP has called on Scotland's new First Minister to take radical action on climate change.

Ariane Burgess, who is the Green MSP for the Highlands and Islands, quizzed Humza Yousaf on how he and his government will tackle the issue. She also mentioned the opportunities that will come from tackling "the greatest challenge of our time."

Speaking in the Holyrood parliament, Ms Burgess said: "The UN Secretary General recently said that our world needs climate action on all fronts: everything, everywhere, all at once.

"That is the challenge for the new Climate Plan for Scotland, and the Scottish Greens are committed to playing our part in ensuring we meet it.

"We need a Climate Plan which transforms transport, reshapes land use, radically shifts how we keep our homes warm and reaps the reward of tens of thousands of green jobs in our new economy."

Afterwards, she expanded on the benefits for rural areas and added: "Meeting the climate challenge will require better incentives to reward our farmers and crofters for stewarding our land and producing our food, reward our low-impact fishers for stewarding our fisheries for the future and the wonders under our seas, and reward our rural communities for restoring our native woodlands, peatland and coastal habitats."

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