"Conservatives cannot now be trusted on the environment or the economy"Scotland’s climate coalition has hit out at plans by the Conservatives to repeal the UK’s Climate Change Act. Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has vowed to repeal the Climate Change Act if the Conservatives win the next election, doing away with controls on greenhouse gas emissions and dismantling what has been the cornerstone of green and energy policy for successive governments. “The Climate Change Act was created as a way of protecting people and communities against the worst impacts of rising global temperature, which is wreaking havoc across the world and threatening the fundamental systems we rely on for survival. "We are experiencing growing costs from the impacts of climate change, including sea level rise and more intense and frequent extreme weather events. It is clear that the Conservatives cannot now be trusted on the environment or the economy.”