Budget: No retreat from record climate investment
The SNP must commit to continuing the record level of climate and nature investment previously delivered by the Scottish Greens if they are to get the support of Green MSPs for the forthcoming Budget, says the party’s finance spokesperson, Ross Greer MSP.
In giving the keynote opening speech of the Scottish Green conference at the Beacon theatre in Greenock, Mr Greer insisted that there must be no going back from the £4.7 billion that his party secured for climate and nature in this year’s budget. He insisted that this sum was just the start of what is needed to meet the scale of the crisis.
Addressing the party’s conference, Mr Greer said: “When the Greens were in Government we delivered a huge escalation in Scottish Government action for our environment. We secured a record £4.7 billion annually for climate and nature programmes this year alone.
“Today we are making clear to the SNP that if they want our support for the next budget there can be no going back on that record level of support. £4.7 billion is the very minimum that our planet needs at this time of crisis.”
