I READ with a huge degree of incredulity the statement from “faith leaders” in Scotland requesting the Scottish Executive to “pass a Climate Act which reflects Scotland’s fair share of global efforts” towards the reduction of carbon global emissions ("Faith leaders’ climate call", The Herald, April 21).

These faith leaders’ knowledge of reality relating to global emissions is woefully lacking and brings into question their credibility in voicing any opinion on this issue. Scotland's carbon emissions are miniscule, at less than 0.12per cent of global emissions, whilst countries such as China have massive global emissions levels, at around 30 per cent and increasing, easily countering Scotland’s total emissions every year.

The Scottish Government’s virtue-signalling actions so far implemented to reduce our emissions are already negatively impacting our economy relative to other countries and have resulted in increased levels of fuel poverty. Hence, I would respectfully suggest that faith leaders stick to their day job by tending to the spiritual needs of their flocks.

GM Lindsay,

Whinfield Gardens, Kinross.