Climate Change Committee Casts Doubt on Another Scottish Net Zero Target

Another key Scottish net zero commitment has come under scrutiny, with a climate change specialist saying he is “dubious” Scotland can reduce the number of kilometres travelled by car by 20 percent by 2030. Climate Change Committee (CCC) Chief Executive Chris Stark told the Scottish Parliament’s Net Zero, Energy, and Transport Committee on Tuesday that he was “dubious about any plan being successful in delivering the 20 percent reduction” because “the actual requirements are pretty big to pull that off.” Mr. Stark cited London’s congestion charge as a strategy that had reduced car travel, but advised, “You would need to see, every year between now and 2030, the success of the first year of the London congestion charge in reducing traffic to believe that that target can be hit.”...