The 2024 Programme for Government – will it be the turning point for climate action we urgently need?

Becky Kenton-Lake, Stop Climate Chaos Scotland In early September the First Minister will announce his Programme for Government, confirming...

Sep 02, 2024

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Scottish Greenhouse Gas Emissions Statistics for 2022 – a summary of the results

By Lloyd Austin, Policy Advisor to SCCS The latest official statistics on Scottish Greenhouse Gas Emissions were published on 18 June 2024....

Jun 25, 2024

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Five years on from the Scottish Parliament declaring a climate emergency – what has happened since?

Blog by Becky Kenton-Lake, SCCS Coalition Manager 2019 was the year that thousands of people joined the school strikers to march in towns...

May 24, 2024

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Scotland’s Climate Change Plan: failings with the last process and what needs to happen next 

Blog by Lloyd Austin, Policy Advisor to Stop Climate Chaos Scotland My last blog sought to explain what the CCP is, why it is important,...

Mar 07, 2024

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Take heart – around the world, people want to see action on climate change 

Why doesn’t anyone care about climate change as much as I do? It’s so easy to think this (and for this feeling to be backed up by the...

Feb 27, 2024

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2024 – the Post Office scandal and the need for climate leadership 

Blog by Mike Robinson, Chair of Stop Climate Chaos Scotland In January 2024 one story truly dominated the news headlines and the public...

Jan 24, 2024

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Scotland’s new Climate Change Plan: What it is, why it is important and how SCCS will judge its content

Blog by Lloyd Austin, Policy Advisor to Stop Climate Chaos Scotland The Scottish Government has rightly called this time – the 2020s...

Nov 08, 2023

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Parliamentary Pledge on Loss and Damage

Member blog post by Anne Callaghan, SCIAF The impacts of climate change are destroying lives, livelihoods and land. These are called...

Oct 16, 2023

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Manifesting climate action

Blog by Mike Robinson, Chair of Stop Climate Chaos Scotland (a version of this was published in the Scotsman here) Recent weeks have seen...

Oct 09, 2023

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AR6… or should that be AAAAAARRRRRR!?

By Mike Robinson, Chair of Stop Climate Chaos Scotland This blog was originally published on the RSGS website This week saw the release of...

Mar 27, 2023

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