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Regional secretary with the National Education Union
Emergency? What emergency?
CONRAD LANDIN wonders why Nicola Sturgeon is in no hurry to do anything about climate change

AS EMERGENCIES go, it’s pretty underwhelming.

Yes, Edinburgh is the only one of Britain’s governments to adopt new targets on climate change. Yes, its policies and practices are being reviewed in light of this.

But when you call 999, you expect a blaze of sirens. You expect the ambulances or fire engines to arrive on the scene to stabilise the situation. 

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