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Seòmar agus comataidhean

Scotland's Commitment to Global Climate Justice and Fair Climate Finance

  • Submitted by: Nicola Sturgeon, Glasgow Southside, Scottish National Party.
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 October 2025
  • Motion type: Members' Business Motion
  • Motion reference: S6M-19280
  • Current status: Due to be taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 05 November 2025

That the Parliament notes that Glasgow hosted the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in 2021, which it considers built momentum for the establishment of the historic Loss and Damage Fund; understands that Scotland became the first nation to contribute to this fund with an initial £2 million pledge, demonstrating, it believes, Scotland's leadership in climate justice; considers that climate change disproportionately affects the world's most vulnerable communities that have contributed the least to the problem; believes that addressing climate impacts requires transformative fiscal reform and international cooperation to tackle economic and environmental inequalities; notes the view that industrialised countries and historic emitters, including Scotland and the UK, must meet their fair share of international climate finance, which it understands is estimated globally to be between £7.6 billion and £33 billion annually; further notes what it sees as Scotland's ongoing commitment to championing climate justice and building on Glasgow's COP26 legacy and the precedent set by Scotland's Loss and Damage Fund contributions throughout the current parliamentary session, and notes the support for continued advocacy for these principles in international fora and within climate and development strategies.


Supported by: Clare Adamson, Ariane Burgess, Maggie Chapman, Jackie Dunbar, Ross Greer, Clare Haughey, Jamie Hepburn, Bill Kidd, Monica Lennon, Fulton MacGregor, John Mason, Liam McArthur, Stuart McMillan, Audrey Nicoll, Lorna Slater, Evelyn Tweed, Mercedes Villalba, Humza Yousaf