The announcement by the Scottish Government of a global 'climate emergency' in May 2019, and the selection of Glasgow as the host city for the main COP26 talks to be held in late 2021 has helped focus attention to the impact of climate change in Scotland. The COVID-19 pandemic has also...
Climate Change Programme Interim report to the Scottish GovernmentAugust, Scottish Government
The World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) -which is taking place at Glasgow's Scottish Event Campus (SEC) until Monday- has put thecrisisfront and centre of its packed programme with a number of panels set to discuss the emergency. Author Su J Sokol told Sky News it's a "very imp...
Crucially, we live in a time when Edinburgh and Scotland have declared a Climate Emergency, and are targeting net zero carbon emissions in just a matter of 10 and 25 years.How can we possibly justify the carbon profligacy of an aviation industry that is roaring in the opposite direction?
In a statement at Holyrood, the government tore up parts of the bill that would require major structural changes to the Scottish social care system. The downfall of the plan wasn’t money or lack of ambition necessarily. And there was cross-party agreement on what needed to be done....
Scottish Government The Scottish Government is the devolved government for Scotland. It is responsible for most of the issues of day-to-day concern to the people of Scotland, including health, education, justice, rural affairs, and transport. Previously known as the Scottish Executive. ...
Climate emergency local government citizen engagement 1. Introduction Local authorities (LA) in the United Kingdom (UK) have had a role in climate change for over twenty-five years. In that time, many have employed public declarations as a way of showing their intention to tackle climate change...
Rethinking emergency management and climate adaptation policies Emergency management and climate change adaptation will increasingly challenge all levels of government because of three main factors. First, Australia is extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, particularly through the in... MJ...
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The main opposition Labour Party said it is introducing a motion this week asking Parliament to declare an “environmental emergency.” Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon went a step further, declaring a “climate emergency” Sunday during a speech to the Scottish National Party’s annual confer...