Climate change
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."
Improving emissions assessment of Scottish Government spending decisions and the Scottish Budget
Author / Creator: James Black
Media type: Report
Date published: 2022
Changes are required to enable the Scottish Government to deliver its climate change objectives.
CODE RED AND THE BLUE ZONE
Author / Creator: Enough
Media type: Review
Date published:
The entire spectacle of COP26 demonstrated the current global political leadership‘s profound lack of political will to face the scale of the crisis.
Climate change and farming
Author / Creator: Emma Congreve
Media type: Article
Date published:
“The prizes ... of turning farming into a low emissions sector are significant... They are needed to meet Scotland’s climate change targets. The challenge is to ensure food production can...make the sector financially, as well as environmentally, sustainable.”
Economic commentary
Author / Creator: Steve Williams
Date published: September 2021
By working collectively it is possible to turn net zero commitments into tangible actions and help everyone play their part in progressing to a more sustainable future.
Scotland’s road to net zero: how far, so far?
Author / Creator: Adam McGeoch
Media type: Article
Date published:
Scotland has ambitious targets to reach net zero by 2045 and, so far, we are falling behind in the cuts to emissions needed to reach these targets.
George Monbiot: Independent Scotland could show a way out of climate crisis
Author / Creator: Spowart, Nan
Media type: newspaper article
Date published:
George Monbiot interview highlights the need for mass mobilisation to combat climate change. The 2014 Scottish Independence movement provides a good example of how to create a mass movement in the 21st century.
Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis. Full Report
Author / Creator: IPCC
Media type: Scientific report
Date published: 2021
This report gives the current state of climate change at 2012, the possible climate futures, risk assessments for regions of the world, and the actions required to limit future climate change.
IPCC Special; with 21 Actions for Scotland to do Right Now
Author / Creator: Craig Dalzell
Media type: Podcast
Date published:
Common Weal’s latest policy paper 21 For 21 and actions that the Scottish Government should take immediately in light of the IPCC report.
Common Weal podcast #96
Watershed: the Turning Point for North Sea Oil and the Just Transition
Author / Creator: Rachel Tansey
Media type: Assessment report
Date published: September 2021
No new oil and gas fields can be approved for development. Given the right policies, a just transition can generate more than three jobs in clean industries for every North Sea oil job at risk
A real Green New Deal for Scotland
Author / Creator: Common Weal
Media type: Video
Date published: 2020
The Common Home Plan is a reason for optimism and hope. It is a costed proposal for how to avert the environmental crises, transform Scotland and get the nation ready for the era to come.
Back to basics: Research and Development in Scotland
Author / Creator: Ben Cooper
Media type: Assessment report
Date published:
Investment in Scotland's R&D has increased over the past decade, but lags behind the UK and other OECD countries. Continued growth in these sectors will require significant investment and policies that incentivise R&D activity.