Editing Scottish Greens (section)

=== Climate change ===
The party favours strong action to combat climate change, including phasing out single-use plastic, the creation of more Low Emission Zones in cities and a ban on the sale of new petrol cars, diesel cars and fossil fuel boilers.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-08-09 |title=What could the SNP-Green deal mean for Scotland? |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-58143753 |access-date=2024-01-02}}</ref> The party also seeks "ambitious" climate action, and in 2019 abstained on the Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Bill claiming it was not "anywhere near meaningful action to address the climate emergency".<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-09-25 |title=Climate change: MSPs approve beefed up emissions target |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-49819905 |access-date=2024-01-02}}</ref> However, the [[BBC News]] journalist Philip Sim argued in 2021 that since then the party position has shifted to "hitting these [carbon emissions reduction targets] than stretching them".<ref name=":15">{{Cite news |date=2021-08-09 |title=What could the SNP-Green deal mean for Scotland? |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-58143753 |access-date=2024-01-02}}</ref>

The party is also against oil and gas developments in Scotland, such as the proposed [[Cambo oil field|Cambo]] and [[Rosebank oil and gas field]]s.<ref name=":15" />

In government, the party's ministers announced a ban on new waste incinerators and a new biodiversity strategy.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-06-16 |title=Moratorium on waste-to-energy incinerators |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-61825698 |access-date=2024-01-02}}</ref>