On 28 February, the Scottish government laid its landmark third Climate Change Plan in parliament, confirming a commitment to a 66 % reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2032 relative to 1990. It will have major implications for the way Scottish business is done in every sector.Paul ...
LONDON, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- A five-year plan is to be devised to preserve from climate change one of the richest surviving Neolithic landscapes in Western Europe, already protected as one of Scotland's UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Residents who live on the islands of Orkney, off the north...
Scotland's climate is more than just rain. This map helps you understand the diverse weather patterns across the country.
The international response to climate change could lead to regulations prompting the C-suite to reconsider sustainability plans. That's a likely outcome of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), underway in Glasgow, Scotland, policy experts said. The rules will likely stress the use...
reveal the worrying fact that, as a result of climate change, many of Scotland’s cold-loving plant species are literally running out of mountain. It’s therefore vital that all our elected politicians are made aware of these finding and continue to support action to addres...
Shareholders who think the energy transition is going to occur more quickly, and fossil fuel demand remain on a downward trajectory, are likely to view the plan as more of the same — and not nearly enough. "Nothing suggests any change in strategy," said Andrew Logan, who heads the...
The ongoing European collaborative project SUDPLAN is targeted on the development of a software framework that allows the integration of climate change aspects in urban planning processes. Besides the implementation of the generic modules SUDPLAN comprises the implementation of four tangible pilot applicati...
Wesley Morgan, adjunct research fellow in the Asia Institute of Griffith University in Queensland, said the Pacific islands are at the front line of climate change. "Despite their size, these small island nations as a bloc punch well above their weight on the international stage, and they are...
At the UN climate summit held in Glasgow, Scotland, in 2021, developed nations agreed to double adaptation finance for developing counterparts to at least 38 billion dollars by 2025. The report said that developing countries are grappling with shrinking fiscal space, debt burdens and rising inflatio...
The Scottish government had missed the legally binding annual emissions target eight times in the past 12 years, it said. A delay in the Scottish government’s draft climate change plan last year had left the required acceleration in emissions reduction “beyond what is credible”. Douglas Lumsden...