The Climate for Change?

Podlitical

BBC

Government, News

4.6 • 157 Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Scottish parties are pledging to tackle climate change, but is it a vote winner? Lucy and Phil are joined by Environmental Politics expert Darrick Evensen to discuss what parties are promising in their manifestos ahead of the Holyrood election next week. How much does the general public care about environmental policies, especially during a pandemic, and to what level are people willing to change their lives to save the planet?

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds
0:02.4	You're listening to BBC Scotland
0:09.5	Hi, you're listening to Publical BBC Scotland's podcast
0:15.8	That brings you an inside look at the biggest stories
0:18.4	at Holyroods and Westminster
0:20.1	It's seven minutes past 11
0:22.4	on Wednesday the 28th of April.
0:25.2	I'm Lucy White. I'm in Glasgow
0:26.8	today and Phil is here
0:28.8	as well, well not physically here, but here
0:30.8	in a podcast sense.
0:32.8	Yes, you're giving me a slight
0:34.6	crisis about my metaphysical existence, but I
0:36.7	am present for the podcast.
0:39.4	Yeah, so we're here nice and early in the day.
0:42.1	We don't usually do these in the morning.
0:43.3	It's quite nice. We should be full of energy for this.
0:45.9	Good luck with that.
0:47.4	We've got just over a week to go until it is the election.
0:51.2	I can't believe that.
0:52.2	But an issue which all of the parties have some sort of
0:55.4	plan for is climate change. And we know in particular it matters to lots of voters and particularly
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