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Whereas last year we reported that the net Scottish emissions account for 2010 was 1.06 megatonnes above that year’s annual target, the latest inventory has adjusted that up to 2.27 megatonnes.
Essentially, forecasts that were made at the end of January 2021 took account of the poorer economic outlook that had developed since the end of November 2020.
I accept that you have done a huge amount of research yourself, but did you look at other pieces of research by respected academics around the world and discount it? Did you take any of it into account? I have done my very best to take it all into account.
As Claudia Beamish stressed, it is also crucial that we support environmental sustainability in the sector, taking into account factors such as emissions, biodiversity, and air and soil quality.