Scottish Green Party co-leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater on the local election campaign trail
THE Scottish Greens will stress the need for urgent action on the climate as they enter the final days of campaigning ahead of the election.
Co-leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater will be in Glasgow today near the SEC venue, which will host COP26 in November.
They will say there are less than 10 years to go before the deadline set by the Paris Agreement to keep global temperatures under control.
Ahead of the visit, Harvie said this election is the last in which Scotland has time to move to a low-carbon economy. He said: “We need urgent action on the climate emergency if we are going to secure our survival.”
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