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Scotland to publish its own NDC to support the Paris climate agreement
07.12.20December 7, 2020

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.

Broadcast

Scotland to publish its own NDC to support the Paris climate agreement


Vinnie Collins: From Canada to Scotland, we need to bring the fight for decent jobs and climate justice together
15.08.20August 15, 2020

Vinnie Collins looks at the example of Green Jobs Oshawa in Canada, where a coalition is looking to repurpose a closed General Motors plant into a Green New Deal manufacturing hub, and finds there may be lessons to learn for the case of Alexander Dennis in Falkirk. Scotland and Canada have a lot in common. […]

Opinion

Vinnie Collins: From Canada to Scotland, we need to bring the fight for decent jobs and climate justice together


Analysis: The ‘Zealots’ and the Great Scottish Green Energy Auction
06.08.20August 6, 2020

“The central green commitment of the Scottish Government’s economic recovery plan is an auction block of Scotland’s resources in the form of a Green Investment Portfolio.”

Analysis

Analysis: The ‘Zealots’ and the Great Scottish Green Energy Auction


Jonathon Shafi: Addressing climate change must be central to a post-Covid case for independence
06.05.20May 6, 2020

“We should put a premium on building a wider independence movement – one that can involve thousands of new campaigners won to the new case for a new world. One which presents solutions to climate change and the social ills of poverty, inequality and unemployment with one hand.”

Opinion

Jonathon Shafi: Addressing climate change must be central to a post-Covid case for independence


Lena Swedlow: Climate, Coronavirus and the shared solution
30.03.20April 2, 2020

“Luckily, just as causes for pandemics and environmental degradation are related, so too are the solutions: state intervention and following science.”

Opinion

Lena Swedlow: Climate, Coronavirus and the shared solution


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