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Five years since climate emergency declared, SNP warned against eco backsliding

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It’s feared flagship policies to decarbonise domestic heating - such as by phasing out gas boilers and replacing them with heat pumps - could be under threat.

The Scottish Government has been warned against dumping key green measures - five years on from Nicola Sturgeon ’s declaration of a “climate emergency”.

It was hoped the plan could spark a wave of public and private investment to insulate and retrofit people’s homes and lower bills. “Industry is also crying out for some certainty when it comes to rolling out heat pumps and heat networks. “Politicians stood up and shouted ‘fire’ but then sat back down and did next to nothing about it about the world getting hotter and more dangerous around us all.

Simon Francis, of the End Fuel Poverty Coalition, said: "Abandoning a Heat in Buildings Bill now would be a betrayal of people struggling in cold damp homes. It’s thought the move to a more “slimmed down” legislative agenda under the new Nats minority administration could be debated at Cabinet as early as today .

Josiah Lockhart, boss of retrofitting experts Changeworks, said: “The Bill needs to progress urgently to provide clarity and timelines for meaningful action.

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