Minister vows to push for ‘accelerated action’ on climate at Cop30 in Brazil

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Scotland’s Climate Action and Energy Secretary has pledged to push for more ambitious action to tackle climate change when she attends Cop30 in Brazil .

Gillian Martin said Scotland has a “unique opportunity” at the UN summit in November as Regions4 president and European co-chair of the Under2 Coalition.

The Scottish Government said the minister will attend events alongside members of both organisations “to help strengthen the influence of devolved, state and regional governments within international climate discussions”.

Scotland hosted Cop26 in Glasgow in 2021 whi