Transport Archives - Stop Climate Chaos Scotland

Rethinking Scotland’s road map: Making cleaner, greener travel easier for everyone

By Jim Densham, Stop Climate Chaos Scotland trustee Some may be surprised to learn that the largest source of climate-damaging emissions in...

Nov 24, 2024

24th November 2024

COP26 Blog – Suzi Murning on Transport

By Suzi Murning, Campaigns Officer at The Poverty Alliance The enormous gravity of the climate emergency pulls all of society’s big...

Nov 10, 2021

10th November 2021

COP26 Blog – Jim Densham on Transport

Radical change needed for transport By Jim Densham, Campaigns and Policy Manager in Scotland for Cycling UK On Saturday I marched through...

Nov 10, 2021

10th November 2021

Blog: It’s black and white as missed target shows need for urgent action

By Ryan Morrison, Campaigns Officer, Stop Climate Chaos Scotland A climate emergency declaration, a commitment to net-zero emissions by...

Jun 14, 2019

14th June 2019

Walking and cycling can tackle climate change now

By Alex Quayle, Senior Policy Officer, Sustrans Scotland (a member of Stop Climate Chaos Scotland) Changing the way we travel is vital to...

Aug 14, 2018

14th August 2018

‘We Want to See Double’ – we got there!

By Alex Quayle, Senior Policy Officer, Sustrans Scotland The Scottish Government’s Draft Budget 2018-19 promises to double funding for cycling and walking. Alex Quayle reflects on the journey that got us there....

Dec 21, 2017

21st December 2017

Scottish Government must reduce carbon emissions from air travel

Responding to the launch today of a consultation on plans to halve air passenger duty (APD) on flights from Scottish airports, Mike...

Mar 14, 2016

14th March 2016

Airport passenger figures show abandoning APD is unnecessary

Transport statistics released today show that airport passenger numbers have increased by 3.6 per cent in 2014, and by 15 per cent since...

Feb 29, 2016

29th February 2016

Blog: Cutting air passenger duty would be counter-productive in so many ways

By Mike Robinson, board member of Stop Climate Chaos Scotland After the UN climate talks in Paris, countries around the world were...

Feb 02, 2016

2nd February 2016

SCCS welcomes additional funding for cycling

Stop Climate Chaos Scotland welcomes the announcement, from Transport Minister, Keith Brown MSP, of additional funding for cycling. Cycling...

Apr 28, 2014

28th April 2014

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