Today the Tories are calling us extremists for following climate science. The problem is this means they're also calling the UN, International Energy Agency and the UK's own Climate Change Committee extremists - among many others.
@MarkRuskell discussed it with them this morning
@markruskell The UN has said the #climatebreakdown we're seeing around us is "code red for humanity." The UN General Secretary is calling for an end to fossil fuels before they destroy our plant.
The Scottish Tory verdict? Extremists.
The International Energy Agency has said that if governments are serious about climate crisis we must stop investing in fossil fuels immediately.
The Scottish Tory verdict? Extremists.
The UK's own Climate Change Committee has said that we're "fighting a battle for our existence" and called for long-term thinking around fossil fuels.
The Scottish Tory verdict? Extremists.
Denmark, the EU's biggest oil producer, has put an immediate end to new oil and gas exploration in the Danish North Sea. They say they're "putting an end to the fossil era."
The Scottish Tory verdict? Extremists.
Greenland has banned all future oil exploration in the name of both nature and sustainable industry.
The Scottish Tory verdict? Extremists.
New Zealand has banned all new offshore oil exploration to allow a gradual #JustTransition for communities. "Transition has to start somewhere," and delay will only cause the same problems we saw with the abrupt end to the coal industry.
The Scottish Tory verdict? Extremists.
In today's debate @markruskell suggested that the Tories might spend just a little of their time listening to the science.
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