Briefing on the role of Scotland in delivering the Paris Agreement

Making Progress on the Paris Climate Agreement – a Parliamentary Briefing in advance of the Ministerial Statement on Scotland’s Contribution to International Action on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement, 10th November

Key points

·      2016 is going to be the warmest year ever recorded globally, and even at the current 1ºC of warming people are dying, livelihoods are being ruined and people are being forced to become climate migrants

·      The Marrakech climate conference needs to focus on immediate actions to reduce climate emissions

·      Scotland has a good example to bring to the international climate process