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In the run up to the Scottish elections on the 3rd May 2007, WDM Scotland highlighted that climate change is killing the world's poor and called on all candidates to commit to the changes that are needed to end climate injustice.
We called on all candidates standing for election to commit to:
- a climate change law for Scotland
- legally binding targets to deliver year-on-year carbon emission cuts in the areas that the Scottish Executive has responsibility for
- an end to public funded subsidies for air travel from Scotland
We kept a record of what candidates said on our website to hold politicians to account as we push for a strong climate change law.
FIND YOUR POLITICIANS: Find out what candidates in your area said in response to our calls for action on climate change: select your constituency from this drop down list (to find out your constituency use our postcode finder on the right):
Scotland promotes a strong and caring link with Malawi, yet each Scot releases the same amount of carbon dioxide in 2.5 days as a Malawian does in a year.
The government in Scotland is giving £14.4million (from 2005/06 - 2007/08) to the Route Development Fund to attract new direct air links with Scotland, encouraging increased international air travel. Yet in the UK, aviation is the fastest growing contributor to climate change.
The average person in Scotland will have produced as much CO2 by 8 January as the average person in the world’s poorest countries will all year.
Scotland, with 5.1 million people, produces more CO2 than Bangladesh, with 140 million people. It is estimated that 55,000 people in Bangladesh have already died in the 21st Century from illness caused by climate change.
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