“Action over the next 10 years will be key and if a step change in government commitments occurs, renewables will continue to get cheaper and progress should accelerate.”
Climate Change
Despite not formally being a signatory of the climate agreement, Scotland will be publishing its own ‘Nationally Determined Contribution’ ahead of COP26 which will be held in Glasgow next year.
Scotland to publish its own NDC to support the Paris climate agreement
“What Scotland is seeking is the kind of meaningful local democracy which empowers it to be a responsible partner nation among all the other countries in the world, and we should say so with confidence.”
The Pressure series: Helping others see us
“Apocalyptic fires and floods, cyclones and hurricanes are the new normal,” Guterres will reportedly argue. “Biodiversity is collapsing. Deserts are spreading. Oceans are choking on plastic waste.”
Self-congratulation will not fix a broken planet
“Stories help us change the way we think. In the future we are going to have find new ways to do almost everything; that will require a profound change in our thinking, so that all we do respect our deep connection with our planet’s biodiversity.”
Nicola Davies: Stories can show us that mending our planet and changing the world can be simple as planting an acorn
“Empty work sites and idling labour amid a renewables boom driven by foreign multinationals has become the image of Fife’s transition to green energy.”
Analysis: The transition to green energy is well underway and anything but ‘just’
“We should be in no doubt that achieving the transition to a zero carbon world ultimately means completely eliminating three major industries – coal, oil and gas.”
Keith Baker: The stakes have never been higher in the battle for 100% renewables
The US election result looks like being a nail-biter, and there is little value in speculating, so we will come back to that in tomorrow morning’s Source Direct. If the pandemic had not intervened, the UN Climate Summit would be just about to get underway in Glasgow. As it is, COP26 has been pushed back […]
With COP26 one year away, why are we letting a serious crisis go to waste?
In an attempt to tackle Scotland’s throwaway society, the Scottish Government has launched a public consultation on introducing restrictions on single use plastics.
Scottish Government Launches Single Use Plastics Consultation
With the beginning of the pandemic bringing lowered emissions and claims of ‘nature healing itself’, where are we left 7 months on in our fight against the climate emergency?