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[1/11] As the UK prepares to host COP in Glasgow in 2020, with the right policies and the committed support of Westminster, Scotland can lead the way in ending the UK’s contribution to global warming for good. #ScottishProgressReport #thread 
[2/11] Scotland reduced its emissions by 3% in 2017, mainly due to the power sector. Increasing low-carbon generation will be crucial to enable other sectors of the economy to decarbonise, but there is now very little scope to reduce direct emissions from electricity generation.
[3/11] Unless emissions are reduced in sectors other than electricity generation, Scotland is at risk of missing its interim target of a 56% reduction in emissions by 2020, as set out in the 2019 Act.
