First Minister Nicola Sturgeon declares 'climate emergency'
SNP leader tells party conference school strikers are right to call for a climate emergency declaration and 'Scotland will live up to our responsibility'
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has today declared a "climate emergency", pledging that Scotland will "live up to our responsibility" to tackle escalating climate risks. In her speech to the...
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