Scotland's first minister calls for promises to be honoured but faces criticism over cuts to green budgets.
Nicola Sturgeon is urging world leaders to deliver on climate pledges made in Glasgow last year as she attends COP27.
The first minister is calling on more developed nations to make good on commitments made at COP26 in Scotland, including reducing coal usage and financing the shift to net zero.It came as the Scottish government was accused of "rank hypocrisy" following cuts to its energy efficiency budget.Ms Sturgeon is set to take part in an all-female panel discussion on financing decarbonisation with government leaders, including the prime minister of Barbados.
She will also meet representatives from countries in the global south – a term applied to developing nations in South America, Africa, Asia and Oceania – to hear their experiences of the climate crisis and what they want to be delivered at the climate talks.that said there was "no credible pathway" to limit global temperature rise to 1.5C by the end of the century.
She said; "I think Glasgow was a success - we didn't get everything that had been hoped for but I think the feeling coming out of COP26 was that it was a good foundation to build on. But it will only count if it is implemented. "This COP is all about implementation - what happens here is absolutely crucial now to our chances of keeping 1.5 alive, and to be blunt about it, saving the planet for generations to come."
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