party conference Lorna Slater, the Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity, said that she would be bringing forward legislation with the aim of tackling the carbon emissions from cruise ships and raising money for local authorities.
A recent study found the average carbon footprint of a large cruise ship is greater than the combined emissions of 12,000 cars.’s most polluted port, Barcelona, announced a ban on cruise ships to their city, while Norway will refuse to allow all but zero emission ships to sail its famous fjords in two years.According to VisitScotland, more than 800,000 cruise passengers visited Scotland in 2019 with around 900 calls to port.
Slater also said that the government will be exploring the implementation of a carbon land tax, which would see large landowners charged according to the potential and reality of carbon sequestration occurring on their property.