Many have their doubts about whether the COP28 talks in Dubai will do much to tackle the mounting threats of climate change.

But it’s good news that world leaders finally agreed to start handing out cash to countries already badly hit by the climate crisis through a long-awaited “loss and damage” fund.

Humza Yousaf, who is in Dubai and whose government has long championed this cause, is right to say it’s a matter of justice.

For poorer countries which have done the least to cause global warming – but now face the brunt of the worst ­heatwaves, floods and storms on the planet – it would be an outrage for us not to help them.

Scots, like the rest of the UK, enjoyed the fruits of the Industrial Revolution. In the North Sea, we once had a booming oil and gas industry.

Over the decades,........

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