Holyrood election 2016: Where the parties stand on environment and energy

Voters in Scotland go to the polls on Thursday 5 May to choose their next MSPs. But where do the parties stand on key issues? Here we look at the environment and energy.

• moratorium on fracking

• Warm Homes Bill to help tackle fuel poverty

• new Climate Change Bill with a new target to reduce carbon emissions by 50% by 2020

• establish a government owned energy company to support local and community energy

• no to fracking

• introduce a Warm Homes Act to exploit renewable heat technologies, cut fuel poverty, tackle climate change and create jobs

• a major review of of river and coastal flood defences

• shift freight from lorries onto cleaner trains and coastal shipping

• allowing communities to impose moratorium on windfarms

• allowing communities to impose moratorium on fracking

• existing nuclear capacity should be protected for the long-term

• a clear target to achieve all properties achieving an EPC C rating or above by the end of the next decade at the latest

• ban on fracking

• boost investment in renewable energy to reach 100% renewable energy generation

• giving priority to warm homes, renewable heat and low-carbon transport

• ending open-cast coal mining

• ban on fracking

• establish a framework for action on food security, sustainable agriculture and healthy living

• transition to climate-ready neighbourhoods that reduce emissions, limit flood risks and increase resilience to extreme conditions

• expansion of the Climate Challenge Fund

• yes to fracking

• scrap targets regarding foresting and re-wilding.

• replace SEPA with a new organisation that would "work with locals and landowners rather than against them"

• support research into GM foods, and allow a free vote in parliament on commercial cultivation