We owe the NHS – and all who work in it – a massive debt of gratitude.Īll of us hoped that when the worst of the pandemic was over, better times would lie ahead. If you don’t do it for yourself – though you should – do it for those more vulnerable than you.Īnd, please, do it for the National Health Service. Vaccination is just as important now as it was last winter. If you are eligible, get your booster jag. So, before I go any further today, a plea: Thankfully, Covid no longer dominates the news, or our thoughts, quite as much as it did.īut the virus still poses a risk – especially as we approach winter. When we last gathered together – just weeks from the start of a global pandemic – we could not have imagined what lay ahead. Incredible Scottish ingenuity here in the North-East, supported by the Scottish Government, developing technologies to tackle the global climate emergency.Īnd it is a shining example of what a Scottish Government can do when the powers lie in our hands. They will focus on the skills our existing workforce need to take advantage of the renewables revolution. The development of wave and tidal technology.Īnd even pioneer the use of waste from whisky to recycle EV batteries These projects will support the production of green hydrogen Today I can announce the first 22 projects have just been awarded funding of more than £50 million. That ambition led us to establish the £500 million Just Transition Fund for this region. Let us resolve today to make it the net zero capital of the world. Her late Majesty, back then, inaugurated the oil and gas age.Īs we move now – in so many ways – into a new era, we have a duty to repay all those who work in that industry.Ī duty to support them into new jobs in green energy.Īn opportunity to usher in the new age of Scottish renewables.Īberdeen is the oil and gas capital of Europe. Since our late Queen – whose extraordinary life of service we have honoured in recent weeks – switched on the Forties pipeline in 1975, oil and gas has powered the Scottish economy. Of course, it is always good to be here in Aberdeen.Įspecially now that the SNP is once again leading this great city.Īberdeen and the North East is at the heart of our just transition to a net zero future. The only downside of not being on zoom is having to trade my slippers for these heels. Our political family – Scotland’s biggest party by far – is together again. Getting to hug friends and colleagues is so much better. It is so good to be speaking at Conference in person again, rather than virtually.
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