A new report from the University of Edinburgh has reviewed what lessons can be learnt from society’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, and applied to the fight against climate change.
climate emergency
“It takes more than a headline to change a country. The policies must match up too. And this is where the government all too easily slips back into old language, old rhetoric and old ideas of the old ‘normal’ of the pre-pandemic world.”
Analysis: Scottish Budget 2021-22
According to research from the Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling at the University of Leeds, global ice loss is speeding up. There has been a 65% increase in the rate of ice loss over the 23-year survey, with the ice loss over the study period estimated to have raised sea levels by 35 millimetres.
Global ice loss reaching worst-case scenarios
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
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?
Covid-19 and Climate Change
The Stop Climate Chaos Scotland coalition, alongside an Oxfam report, are calling for rich countries such as Scotland to increase their financial support for developing countries, to help them adapt to climate change and to compensate them for the loss and damage they’ve suffered.
Scotland Must Financially Support Poorer Countries in the Fight Against Climate Change
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will announce a “national mission” to “create new, green jobs across Scotland with fair pay and good conditions” when she sets out her Programme for Government today. The proposals will include a “youth guarantee” scheme as proposed by her economic advisory group report, a programme to re-train people to work in low-carbon industries, […]
‘New, green jobs’? Here’s what to keep an eye out for in the Programme for Govt
“Consider the kind of person who believes a beaver constitutes a clear and present danger – is this really someone you want in possession of a firearm?”