| The Scottish Government is expected to hit its target for cutting climate pollution for the first time in five years – but only because of changes in the way emissions are counted. The new climate change minister, Roseanna Cunningham, looks likely to tell the Scottish Parliament tomorrow that the statutory target for 2014 has been met. Every previous annual target for 2010 to 2013 has been missed.
But the main reason for the success will be that the complex rules on how the European Union’s emissions trading system is taken into account have changed. This has the effect of making Scotland’s targets easier to meet...............................................Full Article: Source
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