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COP26 and Africa’s development needs

November 17, 2021 by Jackie Kemp 1 Comment

“Are we in the developed world prepared to accept that it would be fair for Africa’s C02 emissions to rise even as ours fall? Or are we prepared to fund a transfer of resources to enable solar, tidal, wind and so on, to supply their needs? At the end of COP26, more money was promised – but it fell far short of what African negotiators wanted.”

Garb-Age in the Highlands

November 15, 2021 by Jackie Kemp 1 Comment

“They filled a boat with 15 bags of plastic waste. By weight, 90% of the waste was from the area’s salmon farms, which regularly discard long black snakes of feeding tubes into the sea.”

NHS alert: code red for climate change

August 20, 2021 by Fay Young 3 Comments

NHS hospital bedside monitor

Bold declarations of climate emergency and world beating targets came before the pandemic showed just how quickly human behaviour can change. We can do it when we have to. Yet last year’s euphoric thoughts of ‘building back better’ seem to have got lost.

The tipping point

January 18, 2020 by Abi Rooley-Towle 1 Comment

A flooded field, Bridge of Earn, Scotland.

A song for Extinction Rebellion: ‘If enough of us give our voices then the pressure builds on the systems of power to take notice and accelerate change for the better.’

In search of hope for 2020

January 7, 2020 by Fay Young Leave a Comment

New Year Fireworks by Patrick Down CC BY-NC 2.0

What message do extravagant fireworks displays send in an age of climate emergency and conflict? Fay Young chooses a poem for peace at New Year instead

Scotland’s climate emergency

October 26, 2019 by Fraser of Allander Institute 5 Comments

A flooded field, Bridge of Earn, Scotland.

‘Perhaps most of all, the importance of setting out a stable long-term environment for investment will be the most effective policy that anyone could set. It will also require international cooperation, both in terms of connectivity, R&D and investment.’

Geese migration in climate change

October 13, 2019 by Thomas Oudman 1 Comment

‘Think of shorebirds, which have been dependent on the same shorelines and inter-tidal areas for thousands of years. For them, the current rate of climate change might be something they have not evolved to deal with.’

Land reform and climate change: a Scottish perspective

October 12, 2019 by Annie McKee and Mike Rivington 2 Comments

‘We need to be clear about what we want from the land, how we find and reward synergies, and how to ensure greater public input to land management and land use decision-making.” Experts from James Hutton Institute on risks (and rewards) from land use in the climate crisis.

Devolution and climate crisis

August 17, 2019 by Antje Brown Leave a Comment

‘…the Scottish political system is particularly susceptible to progressive environmental policies whenever factors and policy actors are favourable.’

Strike now for the future – we have a world to win

July 1, 2019 by Gordon Munro Leave a Comment

Young people on Global Climate strike in London March 2019. Picture by Garry Knight

Children around the globe are right to go on strike, and we must listen to them. Gordon Munro explains why

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