Climate Change Programme Interim report to the Scottish GovernmentAugust, Scottish Government
Comprises the first annual report on progress made on policies and proposals set out in the Scottish Climate Change Adaptation Programme (2014). Sets out some of the additional research and modelling that is underway to help prepare for the future by better understanding how climate change is ...
The Scottish Government is committed to championing climate justice. This report: - Defines climate justice; - Places climate justice in the context of the Scottish Government's draft Climate Change Plan, Energy Strategy and Programme for Government 2017-18; - Sets out key considerations to be add...
Scottish Government Business Minister Ivan McKee Darran Gardner from The Data Lab gives a talk during the Applying Space Data to the Net Zero Economy conference at the Edinburgh Climate Change Institute (ECCI). “The huge growth in earth observation data from satellites, combined with AI and other...
“With the Scottish Government putting together a new climate change action plan for the end of the year, this is a reminder that a bold actions are needed to protect wildlife and secure the full benefits of moving to a zero-carbon economy.”...
Nature Climate Change volume 9, pages 592–597 (2019)Cite this article 4785 Accesses 131 Citations 153 Altmetric Metrics details Abstract To keep global warming within 1.5 °C of pre-industrial levels, there needs to be a substantial decline in the use of coal power by 20301,2 and in ...
(Scottish Government, 2009), the Marine Planning for Wales Strategic Scoping Exercise (Welsh Government, 2015); The State of Natural Resources Report (SoNaRR) 2016 (NRW, 2016) and Charting Progress 2 (UKMMAS, 2010) and MCCIP has also been explicitly referenced in climate change legislation (...
The UK government has long sought to ‘exploit any benefits’ of climate change [74] and still, in September 2021, Annex 2 Glossary of the National Planning Practice Guidance refers to ‘exploiting beneficial opportunities’ of climate change. Even the UK service of the Met Office ‘supports …...
“pose a huge challenge to the survival and development of thehuman race”and that China is “one of the most vulnerable countries to the adverse impacts of climate change.” The Chinese government has adopted short- andmedium-term goalsfor limiting emissions and a wide-ranging set of policies...
In our series of factsheets we share in-depth information and highlights from the last year on the issues which have the potential to influence our business performance and those where our business can make the biggest difference and drive transformative change. These factsheets have been developed...