Tackling climate crisis should be funded by general taxation, report says

Campaign group says support from public finances must be considered if ‘we are serious about tackling climate emergency’

Money from general taxation should be used to help tackle the climate crisis, a new report says.

A report by Stop Climate Chaos Scotland (SCCS) says the global climate crisis is such an emergency that public finances should be made available to help Scotland meet its climate goals.

The report, put together by a coalition of environmental and international development non-governmental organisations, acknowledges the financial pressures created by the cost of living crisis and argues that actions to tackle it can and must complement those required to avert “even deeper climate chaos”.