A brilliant talk that punctures current discourse on climate ambition in Scotland, setting out what's really needed, by @KevinClimate for @ScotClimateCA
📽️ https://t.co/i02FtSkJT8 📽️
Well worth watching. Otherwise, here's a summary thread 👇
1/10
Negative emissions technologies cannot be relied on to make up the difference at that scale. 6/10
The climate crisis is emblematic of how political decisions get made in devolutionary Scotland: being slightly less inadequate than other places is the baseline for success.
— Jamie Maxwell (@jamiedmaxwell) December 16, 2020
Scotland’s wealthy high emitters must reduce more than 10% each year.
Real zero energy is needed by 2035.
8/10
Home retrofits & new homes at Passivhaus standards🏘️
Phase out gas heating🔥
Shift from cars to public transport and active travel🚴♀️
Frequent flyer levy🛬
Huge electrification with renewables⚡️
Phase out of oil and gas, with just transition⛽️
9/10
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