“It probably is the last chance the world has to reach an agreement that is specific enough to meet the Paris 1.5 degrees target,” she continues on Cop26, sounding both worried and passionate in her unmistakably West Coast Scottish accent.
Hours before our interview, Sturgeon was addressing her party at its annual conference, vehemently arguing that Scotland should be given a new vote on independence in 2023. Following the SNP victory in the Scottish Parliament election in May this year, she is the first-ever First Minister to form a third government, and while her party didn’t quite manage to gain an overall majority in Holyrood, it did win a record number of votes. It doesn’t look as if she is on her way out any time soon, either.
