Scotland's climate change progress 'exemplary'

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GO Scotland.

The UN climate change secretary has praised Scotland's progress on climate change as "exemplary".

The Climate Change Act, passed in 2009 by the Scottish Parliament, set binding targets to cut emissions for each year until 2020.

Christiana Figueres told BBC Scotland that, despite the Scottish government not meeting its interim targets, she was impressed by the pace of change.

She said the fact that emissions had been cut by 38% was "quite impressive".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-35772636