Meeting of the Parliament 28 May 2026 [Draft]
A new report commissioned by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit states that net zero industries contribute £10.2 billion in gross value added to the Scottish economy and support more than 150,000 jobs. An estimated 3,000 businesses are now part of the Scottish net zero economy, with 90 per cent being small or medium-sized businesses.
The Scottish Greens want Scotland to lead a renewables revolution, with £600 million of investment in onshore and offshore wind, tidal and solar, including redeploying millions in public funding that has been pledged to unproven greenwashing carbon capture and storage technologies. The Government needs to bring back the heat in buildings bill to decarbonise Scotland’s homes and buildings by 2045. With our abundant renewable resources, energy should be cheap in Scotland but, while Westminster holds the power, we cannot make that happen. It is time that we did.
I move amendment S7M-00159.3, to insert at end:
“in order that Scotland can respond to the climate emergency, cut the cost of living and contribute to energy security; recognises that the climate emergency is an urgent priority for Scotland and for the world, and that the re-emergence of climate denial poses a serious threat; accepts that the world has far more fossil fuel than it can afford to burn without disastrous consequences, and considers that issuing licences to extract fossil fuel from new sources would therefore be indefensible; recognises that the way in which the UK Government links electricity and gas prices prevents billpayers from benefiting from the low generating cost of renewable electricity, and that changing this system would accelerate the decarbonisation of heat and transport; believes that putting Scotland’s energy in Scotland’s hands must include a significant increase in community-owned energy, and further believes that reducing the cost of energy and achieving a rapid and just transition away from fossil fuels will deliver jobs, investment and a strong economy, particularly in rural and island communities.”
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