Climate change
Climate change, drought risk and land capability for agriculture: implications for land use in Scotland
Author / Creator: Iain BrownLaura Poggio, Alessandro Gimona & Marie Castellazzi
Media type: Article
Date published: 2011
Drought risk is likely to have a significant influence on land use in the future.
Public awareness of climate risks and opportunities in Scotland
Author / Creator: Catriona Millar
Media type: Article
Date published: 2022
The public tend to focus on the effects of climate change on the weather patterns.
Climate Obstruction in Scotland The Politics of Oil and Gas
Author / Creator: William Dinan
Media type: Article
Date published:
Energy security has been a theme of climate obstruction for many years, to address wider geopolitical concerns about energy supply and the associated price increases and ‘cost of living’ crisis.
Influence of climate change on agricultural land-use potential: adapting and updating the land capability system for Scotland
Author / Creator: Iain Brown
Date published: 2008
Climate change is likely to for land use changes in the Highlands of Scotland
Environmental action can improve wellbeing in Scotland
Author / Creator: Liz Gadd
Media type: Article
Date published: 2026
If fairness is built in from the start, environmental action can cut bills, improve homes, and reduce food insecurity in Scotland
Environmental action can improve wellbeing in Scotland
Author / Creator: Liz Gadd
Media type: Article
Date published: 2026
Environmental action can cut bills, improve homes, and reduce food insecurity in Scotland
You Told Us To Talk About The Weather
Author / Creator: Emma Louise Howell
Media type: Video
Date published: 2026
Climate crisis is all around us.
Global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security A national security assessment
Author / Creator: H M Government
Media type: Report
Date published: 2026
The climate crisis is a national security threat. Official.
Scotland's Climate Change Plan – 2026-2040
Author / Creator: Scottish Government
Media type: Report
Date published: 2025
This Climate Change Plan (CCP) sets out the policies and proposals the Scottish Government will take forward to enable our carbon budgets to be met between 2026-2040.
The Nature Crisis
Author / Creator: Mike Small
Media type: Article
Date published: 2026
UK government quietly published its own (delayed) report on ‘Global Diversity Loss, Ecosystem Collapse and National Security’. The contents are so shocking the government tried to bury it.
AI, the NPF4 and the Climate Crisis
Author / Creator: Kat Jones
Media type: Article
Date published: 2026
AI datacentres breach multiple planning and environmental regulations, despite being presented as ‘green’.
Fiscal Sustainability Perspectives: Climate Change
Author / Creator: Scottish Fiscal Commission
Media type: Report
Date published:
This report considers the potential effects on Scottish public finances from damage created by climate change; the costs of adapting to a changing environment and taking action to meet Scotland’s statutory emissions targets to reach net-zero by 2045.
Climate change and the link to microorganisms
Author / Creator: Lynne Copland
Media type: Article
Date published: 2024
The drip of melting Arctic permafrost is now a stream and releasing ancient microorganisms that could make Covid a side-show. Is it too late?
The Economics of Climate Change: How Scotland Should Prepare
Author / Creator: Claire Elliot
Media type: Briefing Paper
Date published: 2019
Concerns about the environment are cited as more important than those of the economy or immigration.
Environmental Policy Progress in Scotland
Author / Creator: Emma Congreve
Media type: Briefing Paper
Date published: 2020
Scotland is leading the way against climate change
DRAFT ENERGY STRATEGY AND JUST TRANSITION PLAN CONSULTATION
Author / Creator: Craig Dalzell
Media type: consultation response
Date published: 2023
It is disappointing that the current draft energy strategy does little to to get Scotland on track towards its climate targets.
Deposit return scheme - gateway review: final report
Author / Creator: Scottish Government
Media type: Report
Date published: 2022
Deposit Return Scheme delayed
Deposit return scheme for Scotland: full business case stage 1
Author / Creator: Scottish Government
Media type: Report
Date published: 2019
Full Business Case (FBC) that underpins the design for the deposit return scheme for Scotland.
Scotland's Deposit Return Scheme
Author / Creator: Manfredi La Manna
Media type: Article
Date published: 2023
Querying the financial case for the Deposit Return Scheme.
The Crisis of Growth and Capital
Author / Creator: Mike Small
Media type: Article
Date published: 2023
"The last two IPCC reports ... have identified the economy as the problem, not the solution."