Nicola Sturgeon said small nations “actions” were important in tackling climate change in her Ted Talk as Glasgow prepares for Copenhagen.
In a Ted Talk in Edinburgh on Wednesday the Prime Minister again refused to express opposition to the development of an oil field near Shetland, which has been a contentious issue both with politicians and environmentalists.
Miss Sturgeon stressed the issue of shutting down oil and gas supplies completely in the short term could lead to surging imports and economic trouble through mass redundancies.
Sturgeon also repeatedly urged the government to re-evaluate licenses to produce oil and gas in the North Sea in light of the current threat posed by climate change.
The First Minister further stressed the importance of small countries contributing to the fight against climate change.
“coalition of states and cities that kept the momentum going”Donald Trump
When President Donald Trump, a former US President, led his country out of the Paris climate accord while he was still in office, it was “coalition of states and cities that kept the momentum going” the prime minister said.
“look the next generation in the eye”Nicola Sturgeon
With the SNP coming to Glasgow at the end of this month Sturgeon said it was critical leaders leave Scotland’s biggest city able to “look the next generation in the eye” knowing they have done enough to fend off the threat identified by researchers as the greatest threat to mankind.
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"The climate crisis has already been solved. We already have all the facts and solutions. All we have to do is to wake up and change."
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— TEDCountdown (@TEDCountdown) October 11, 2021
