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EDINBURGH, UK - 19th September 2018: People from across Scotland meet with MSP's in Edinburgh, during a mass lobby organised by Stop Climate Chaos Scotland, to demand the Scottish Government takes on board the growing concern about climate change and the urgency needed to tackle it. Pictured Alison Johnstone, Scottish Green Party MSP meets with the public at the MacDonald Holyrood Hotel.(Photograph: MAVERICK PHOTO AGENCY)
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News Release
Embargoed: 00.01 Wednesday 19th September 2018
Scots Demand Politicians Stop Gambling with Our Future
Today (Wednesday 19th September) people from all walks of life, from Inverness to Paisley to Aberdeen to Dumfries, will join forces to call for more action on climate change. They will call on MSPs to Ôstop gambling with our futureÕ.
Stop Climate Chaos Scotland (SCCS), a coalition of civil society organisations campaigning together on climate change has organised a mass lobby at the Scottish Parliament. Together, people of all ages from across Scotland will demand the Scottish Government takes on board the growing concern about climate change and the urgency needed to tackle it.
Gail Wilson, Stop Climate Chaos Scotland Campaigns Manager, said: ÒItÕs inspiring to see people from all over Scotland coming to Holyrood to tell their politicians that more must be done. The committed individuals here today understand the scale of the problem posed by climate change and the importance of getting this right at every level.Ó
The Scottish Parliament is currently considering a new Climate Change Bill. Campaigners say this Bill must be strengthened if Scotland is to play its fair part in achieving the global deal on climate change, the Paris Agreement.
In addition to calling for net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and a 77% reduction in emissions by 2030 (compared to 1990 levels), SCCS wants the Climate Change Bill to require Government to align Scottish Budgets with climate change ambition. SCCS is als