About Us

Stop Climate Chaos Scotland (SCCS) is Scotland’s climate coalition, bringing together over 70 civil society organisations campaigning together on climate change.

Our membership is diverse and includes national and community organisations working on:

• Climate justice
• Environment and nature
• Gender and social justice
• Faith and belief
• International development
• Worker and human rights
• Health and inequality

Together, we represent hundreds of thousands of people across Scotland and stand in solidarity with communities most affected by climate impacts around the world.

We collaborate with our members to build strong public support for faster climate action. We use this support to encourage decision-makers to put in place fair, effective policies to reduce emissions. 

Our shared goal is for Scotland and the UK to take full responsibility for the past and present climate damage we have caused, leading to action that quickly lowers our emissions and moves away from our reliance on fossil fuels in a way that is fair and beneficial to everyone.

Our governments must also provide meaningful support to help the most affected communities adapt and recover from climate impacts, in Scotland and globally.

We welcome applications for membership of our coalition from civil society organisations in Scotland, of any shape and size. The main requirement of membership is a commitment to climate justice.

Stop Climate Chaos Scotland (SCCS) operates through our working groups, which consist of people representing our member organisations – usually staff members or volunteers from those organisations. These working groups plan and deliver our campaign activities. We also have a small staff team, based in Edinburgh, who co-ordinate and manage the work of our coalition. For more information on becoming a member email info@stopclimatechaos.scot.

The Board of SCCS is elected by the coalition membership and provides strategic direction for the coalition as well as overseeing organisational matters.

We have close links with The Climate Coalition in England and work with them on cross-border issues when appropriate. But Scotland faces many challenges relating to climate change that are quite different from England and Wales. Much that affects climate change emissions and adaptation is devolved from Westminster to Holyrood, for example housing, transport, energy and education. The cultural, educational, legal, social and geographical context is different and Scotland’s renewable energy potential is considerable.

As a registered charity we comply with all aspects of charity law. We are not party political and do not undertake illegal action in pursuance of our aims.

Our coalition came together in around 2007 to provide a strong civil society voice feeding into the development of the Scotland’s first ever law on climate change, the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009.

Since the 2009 and 2019 Climate Acts were passed, SCCS has campaigned for action to deliver against these commitments, and for Scotland to play its fair part in keeping temperature increases to below 1.5 degrees.