by Shona CameronCLIMAVORE CIC has secured £15,000 funding from The National Lottery Community Fund’s Small Eco Awards programme to develop a community-led Tidal Garden in Skye, creating a new space for people to connect with the intertidal environment and each...
Read APRS’s report on data centres’ claims for job creation in Scotland. Spoiler alert: each job created in the past decade from investment in Virginia USA data centres cost $33.7 million. The Scottish Government wants to know your views on the construction and...
by Anne MacLennanSummer 2026 brought heatwaves, droughts, wildfires, glacial collapse and mudslides to Europe. About 50,000 people died just from urban heat. “Yet, at the end of the summer, people were still expected to return to work...
by Anne MacLennan Earlier this year, Chris Packham launched a petition which calls for “a live emergency briefing to the nation on the climate and nature crisis, introduced by the Prime Minister and delivered by independent experts.” Now that there are over 100,000...
by Anne MacLennanAfter encouragement from various agencies concerned about increasing risks to the public from climate and geopolitical instability, the UK Government launched the Be Ready Campaign in October. Citizens are advised to prepare for emergencies such as...
Across Scotland there are over 20 proposals for AI data centres without proper consideration of social and environmental impacts. On 16 September, MSPs voted in support of a motion saying that until national guidance is published, no decisions on data centre...
by Anne MacLennan Summer 2026 broke more records in the UK. It was hot and dry down south, even if rather cooler and wetter on Skye (see map). About 550 people in England and Wales died due to heat-related causes during the May heatwave and a further 2,200 during the...
The Scottish Government recently released its Programme for Government outlining what ministers want to achieve before the next Scottish Parliament election in 2031, including climate action as a national priority. For SCCAN climate policy must go beyond...
by Anne MacLennan Data Centres are necessary for current and planned future lifestyles. They enable cloud storage, internet searches, video screening, social media, artificial intelligence training and activity, and so much more. But when is enough enough,...
Highland Council is seeking your ideas about places and policies to help to inform local policies, development requirements and placemaking priorities in the new Highland Local Development Plan. Examples of possible place ideas: Sites which support climate change...