Scotland misses second climate target

Responding the news today that the 2011 emission target was missed, Dr Sam Gardner of coalition Stop Climate Chaos Scotland (SCCS) said:...

Jun 07, 2013

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Letter to the editor: Scottish Procurement Reform Bill

Letter published in the Scotsman Horse meat in kids’ school meals and multinationals’ tax dodging are two recent scandals to have...

Mar 25, 2013

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Significant changes needed to transport plans to reduce emissions

Open letter to Scottish Transport Minister, Keith Brown MSP Dear Mr Brown, We are writing to you today to express our deep concern about...

Mar 19, 2013

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UK watchdog warns of challenges ahead for climate targets

Meeting 2020 goals reliant on EU moving to 30% target An independent UK watchdog has today recognised the Scottish Government has made...

Mar 12, 2013

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Sturgeon urged to prioritise ethics in public spending

Scotland’s largest civil society coalitions in joint call for fair and sustainable procurement Today, the Stop Climate Chaos Scotland...

Mar 07, 2013

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Will fiction become reality?

Alasdair Gray and other leading authors present vision of world affected by climate change. Some of Scotland and the UK’s leading writers...

Mar 07, 2013

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My review of ‘Beacons: stories for our not so distant future’

By Gail Wilson, Coordinator of Stop Climate Chaos Scotland This book has been so many years in the planning. I remember when I first...

Mar 04, 2013

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Encouraging plans on low carbon behaviour change need to be matched by Government policies

The Scottish Government needs to integrate its plans on how to achieve low carbon behaviour change with the climate change policies and...

Mar 04, 2013

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Ministers called to Parliament to explain climate change plan deemed ‘not credible’

In an unprecedented move, six Scottish Government Ministers have been called to Parliament to explain their plans to reduce Scotland’s...

Feb 27, 2013

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Government’s plan on climate change not credible

The Scottish Government has shown an ‘extremely worrying’ lack of ambition in its new plans to reduce emissions, a leading coalition...

Jan 29, 2013

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