Scotland's global climate change leadership 'crumbling due to missed green targets'

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Scotland's reputation as a world leader on climate change is “crumbling” because of its failure to hit domestic green targets, a leading charity has warned.Aid and relief agency SCIAF is calling for a major new drive from First Minister Humza Yousaf to “reinvigorate” climate action at home and abroad.Launching the group’s “First for Justice” campaign, head of advocacy Ben Wilson said they had three key demands of Yousaf - including “urgent action” to ensure Scotland starts hitting its eco targets.They also want the FM to continue predecessor Nicola Sturgeon’s work on the world stage calling for “loss and damage” funding for countries worst-hit by climate change, and to champion “food justice” around the world.It comes as a shocking 800 million people across the globe go to bed hungry every night including hundreds of millions of kids.And it’s feared pressures from climate change on farming and food production will make the problem far worse.SCIAF is urging the new SNP chief to host an “expert summit” later this year covering all of these issues to “re-energise action” domestically and internationally.

Mr Wilson said that in the past decade or so, the Scottish Government had “raced to the front and become one of the global leaders on climate change” by setting ambitious targets.But he warned: “In recent years, they are really lagging behind - and you could say that their climate change leadership is crumbling as we speak."The new First Minister needs to take this opportunity to reinvigorate action on climate change in Scotland and get on track to achieve and to surpass the legal targets which the Scottish Government have to reduce our emissions."And that's through urgent action on transport, urgent action on homes and