ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE A ‘SCIENTIFIC AND MORAL IMPERATIVE’ SAY<br />CIVIC SOCIETY, FAITH LEADERS AND SCIENTISTS<br />Scotland’s inability to meet key climate change targets must be a “wake-up” call for all of<br />society and failure to work openly and collaboratively to drive progress will have grave<br />implications for the planet.<br />This is the stark view of a group of religious and civic society leaders and scientists who<br />have taken the unprecedented step to team up and urge people to acknowledge the risks<br />of inaction and devise solutions to tackle the climate crisis.<br />More than 30 individuals have signed statements calling on the Scottish and UK<br />governments to “bridge the widening gap” between promises and practical action to<br />build a fairer, greener, healthier society for all.<br />They said addressing the climate crisis is a “moral necessity” and Scotland must do all it<br />can to play its part because further delay will have dire human and economic costs.
