With only nine years left to meet Scotland’s 2030 target to reduce emissions by 75% we need an ambitious and effective Climate Change plan to cut emissions across all areas of life in Scotland and ensure climate justice. Sign Stop Climate Chaos Scotland’s letter to the Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform.
Feed trees to sheep to cut greenhouse gases?
It is estimated that one kilogramme of nitrous oxide warms the atmosphere about 300 times the amount than one kilogramme of carbon dioxide does over a 100-year timescale, so anything that reduces nitrous oxide emissions is worth considering seriously. Scientists from...
Visit Scotland signs up to ‘Tourism Declares a Climate Emergency’
Visit Scotland has committed to developing a climate action plan aligned with Scottish Government targets, and will support tourism businesses to do the same.
Over 50 countries pledge to protect 30% of the planet for nature by 2030
The pledge will be a key discussion theme at a biodiversity summit later this year, but there is scepticism about whether countries will actually deliver on it, given the world’s failure to meet a single one of the 20 Aichi biodiversity targets agreed in Japan in 2010.
Inupiat Elder Delano Barr talks about climate change in Shismaref, Alaska, 2019
Arctic Peoples speak of the challenges of ice melting beneath their feet and coastal villages being swept away.
Climate Crisis Film Festival open library until Feb28th
Unlimited access to 20 new films on climate change for only £10. Watch on demand until Feb 28th.
Update to Scottish Government 2018 Climate Change Plan
The Scottish Government has published its update to the 2018 Climate Change Plan, refining the pathway to meeting Scotland’s emissions reduction targets and also achieving a green recovery from COVID-19.
Scotland Climate Assembly: week 2
Scotland’s Climate Assembly’s second week looked at where our climate emissions come from and how to reduce them and adapt to the impact of climate change.
300 homes in Fife to be first in world to use 100% green hydrogen
From late 2021, 300 homes in Levenmouth, Fife, will be connected to a green hydrogen network for cooking and heating their homes.
Do you know where your pension money is invested?
Make My Money Matter have obtained a Christmas message from Guy Byrne-Woods, the CEO of Forestry Felling Syndicate! ““On behalf of the global logging industry, I want to reach out to say a HUGE thank you, for all your support this year. People like YOU have collectively invested hundreds of millions of pounds with us…[in]..YOUR pension funds and savings”





