People’s Postcode Lottery Join 2020 Delivery Group on Climate Change

People’s Postcode Lottery Chief Executive Jo Bucci has joined a new 2020 Delivery Group, aiming to ensure that all sectors of Scotland’s economy and civic society contribute fully to achieving the Climate Change Delivery Plan. The Climate Change Delivery Plan includes the target of a 42 per cent reduction in emissions over the next decade and is convened by Scottish and Southern Energy Chief Executive Ian Marchant.

The group met for the first time at the Falkirk Wheel on the 8^th of December as the UN Climate Change Conference continued in Copenhagen.

Ambitious but achievable

Jo was delighted to attend the meeting and take part in the Delivery Group, saying

“At the Copenhagen Climate Conference world leaders had an unprecedented opportunity to agree international measures that will ensure a greener and safer world, both now and in the future. This conference represents a crossroads in how the world chooses to tackle climate change. The recent passing of the Climate Change Act by the Scottish Government and Parliament is a measure the People’s Postcode Lottery fully supports, and is the kind of bold action that is needed at the international level to tackle this global threat. People are ready and willing for change and it’s up to world leaders to live up to these expectations.”

Climate change- the greatest environmental threat we face

First Minister Alex Salmond emphasized the importance of the Delivery Group, saying

“There should be no doubt that climate change is the greatest environmental threat we face, so we must act now, and act together, to tackle it.

“And there should be no doubt about the commitment of the Scottish Government, Parliament and our private, public and third sector partners to tackling climate change. This new group brings together a wide range of expertise to examine in detail the actions needed across Scotland to meet our ambitious climate change targets.

“Not only does our climate change legislation have the most ambitious targets in the world, it includes a clear strategy to implement them and today is a key part of that.

“Our comprehensive climate change framework, including the world-leading emission reduction targets of 42 per cent and 80 per cent by 2020 and 2050 respectively, and the carbon assessment of our 2010-11 budget, provides a lead to other governments looking to Scotland as a model of international best practice.”

A video of the meeting in Falkirk can be found here.