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Scotland pledging £12m for global climate change 'justice' Scotland pledging £12m for global climate change 'justice'
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Scotland is to invest an extra £12m over four years to tackle the impact of climate change on the world's poorest communities.Scotland is to invest an extra £12m over four years to tackle the impact of climate change on the world's poorest communities.
The funding will see the Scottish government's Climate Justice Fund double in size to support projects in countries such as Malawi and Zambia.The funding will see the Scottish government's Climate Justice Fund double in size to support projects in countries such as Malawi and Zambia.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will announce the move at the UN global climate change summit in Paris.First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will announce the move at the UN global climate change summit in Paris.
Ms Sturgeon said: "We know that the most vulnerable are worst affected."Ms Sturgeon said: "We know that the most vulnerable are worst affected."
Over the past five years, the Climate Justice Fund has invested £6m into 11 projects in four sub-Saharan African countries.Over the past five years, the Climate Justice Fund has invested £6m into 11 projects in four sub-Saharan African countries.
'Massive injustice''Massive injustice'
The first minister said: "The people who have done least to cause climate change are the people who are being hit hardest. The scale of the injustice is massive.The first minister said: "The people who have done least to cause climate change are the people who are being hit hardest. The scale of the injustice is massive.
"Now, the first and most important priority in tackling this injustice has to be to address climate change itself."Now, the first and most important priority in tackling this injustice has to be to address climate change itself.
"That's why Scotland backs the case for an ambitious agreement at the Paris summit - one which is capable of limiting temperature increases to below two degrees Celsius."That's why Scotland backs the case for an ambitious agreement at the Paris summit - one which is capable of limiting temperature increases to below two degrees Celsius.
"And we are determined to lead by example - we have some of the most ambitious statutory targets anywhere in the world."And we are determined to lead by example - we have some of the most ambitious statutory targets anywhere in the world.
"But we also know that work needs to happen now.""But we also know that work needs to happen now."
The Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF) welcomed the cash boost which it said "sets a positive example to other wealthy nations meeting in Paris".The Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF) welcomed the cash boost which it said "sets a positive example to other wealthy nations meeting in Paris".
Director Alistair Dutton said: "It's a clear recognition that wealthy industrialised countries like Scotland have a responsibility to help poor countries cope with the huge climate challenges they face."Director Alistair Dutton said: "It's a clear recognition that wealthy industrialised countries like Scotland have a responsibility to help poor countries cope with the huge climate challenges they face."
Tom Ballantine, of Stop Climate Chaos Scotland, said: "Tackling climate change is an issue of justice. Like other wealthy nations, Scotland benefited greatly from the era of fossil fuels, and it means we owe a climate debt to the world's poorest people, who are the most affected by climate change."Tom Ballantine, of Stop Climate Chaos Scotland, said: "Tackling climate change is an issue of justice. Like other wealthy nations, Scotland benefited greatly from the era of fossil fuels, and it means we owe a climate debt to the world's poorest people, who are the most affected by climate change."
Ricardo Navarro, an engineer and climate campaigner from El Salvador, also welcomed the First Minister's announcement.
He told BBC Scotland: "The climate problem has been generated by the wealthy people of the planet. Poor people have no goods to buy gasoline or goods that require gasoline to be produced.
"The guys responsible for the problem, the wealthy people of the planet, don't even want to acknowledge that.
"The climate injustice is the fact that people who are not responsible for the problem are the ones who are suffering the consequences."
Ms Sturgeon will also tell the summit that Scotland has cut emissions "by a massive 38% since 1990" and that global leadership in tackling climate change has received international recognition.Ms Sturgeon will also tell the summit that Scotland has cut emissions "by a massive 38% since 1990" and that global leadership in tackling climate change has received international recognition.
'Missed targets''Missed targets'
However, Scottish Labour said the Scottish government had missed its climate targets every year since the Climate Change Act was passed, and that plans to reduce air passenger duty would generate an extra 50,000 tonnes of emissions a year.However, Scottish Labour said the Scottish government had missed its climate targets every year since the Climate Change Act was passed, and that plans to reduce air passenger duty would generate an extra 50,000 tonnes of emissions a year.
The party's environmental justice spokeswoman Sarah Boyack said: "We all have a duty to reduce emissions and leave this planet a better place than we found it - that means government, society and business.The party's environmental justice spokeswoman Sarah Boyack said: "We all have a duty to reduce emissions and leave this planet a better place than we found it - that means government, society and business.
"The margin by which the SNP has failed to meet their climate targets is enough to power Glasgow for five years."The margin by which the SNP has failed to meet their climate targets is enough to power Glasgow for five years.
"The reality is that the SNP's record is simply not good enough. Nicola Sturgeon is going to the climate change conference in Paris despite having a headline tax policy which will increase emissions by 50,000 tonnes a year."The reality is that the SNP's record is simply not good enough. Nicola Sturgeon is going to the climate change conference in Paris despite having a headline tax policy which will increase emissions by 50,000 tonnes a year.
"The SNP's plan to hand a tax cut to airlines will make it more difficult for Scotland to meet those targets in the future. We need more than warm words from the SNP government on climate change.""The SNP's plan to hand a tax cut to airlines will make it more difficult for Scotland to meet those targets in the future. We need more than warm words from the SNP government on climate change."