Climate change
Answer:
energy, population, and consumption are the three key drivers of climate change in Scotland. Scotland's land, natural resources, wealth and renewable energy resources mean that very few nations are anywhere near as well placed as us to meet our climate change responsibilities.
Full answer here: Climate change effects on Scotland
Changes in climate variability with reference to land quality and agriculture in Scotland
Author / Creator: Iain Brown
Media type: Article
Date published: 2015
Changing climate variability has important implications for land-use planning and agricultural management
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.
Climate Crisis: Informing Scotland’s actionable mitigation and adaptation response to water scarcity
Author / Creator: Richard Gosling
Media type: Report
Date published: 2026
The latest climate change projections indicate that drought conditions in much of Scotland are likely to increase in frequency, severity, and duration over the next few decades.
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
Cairngorm Mountains
Author / Creator: Mike Small
Media type: Article
Date published: 2026
the 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. The climate crisis is a national security risk.
Growing a greener and more resilient future
Author / Creator: Mike Robinson
Media type: Blog
Date published: 2025
Scotland’s farmers need the right support to produce high-quality food and tackle the climate and nature crises.
Active forests, thriving communities: rebalancing Scotland’s timber economy
Author / Creator: Willie McGhee
Media type: Discussion Paper
Date published: 2025
Forests matter — economically, ecologically, and culturally. More active, locally grounded forest management that restores ecological balance and enables communities to access, steward, and benefit from the forests that surround them areadvocated.
Forestry carbon – some questions
Author / Creator: Willie McGhee
Media type: Discussion Paper
Date published: 2025
Issues relating to forest carbon’s role within the Scottish Government (SG) NetZero strategy, its changing nature and how it is quantified
Investment forestry and the land market
Author / Creator: Jon Hollingdale
Media type: Discussion Paper
Date published: 2025
The impact of investment forestry on the land market, and the knock-on impacts for community ownership and community forestry, as well as the potentially damaging impacts on forest management
Drifting North Finding a Sustainable Future in Scotland's Past
Author / Creator: Dominic Hinde
Date published: 2025
Past and future collide in this engaging journey through climate change, fossil capitalism and the struggle for a sustainable world.
#Route2050 On Track for Rural Scotland
Author / Creator: Scottish Land and Estates
Media type: Report
Date published:
Food production, climate change and biodiversity ‘vital’ in Scotland’s future agricultural support regime
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.
Wellwashing. Why a superficial approach to Wellbeing Economics will fail
Author / Creator: Iain Black
Media type: Policy Paper
Date published: 2023
An approach to economics that increases as maximises wellbeing must do so despite and regardless of the impact this approach would have on growth.
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."