Net Zero Economy

A Fair Energy Deal for Scottish Communities

Author / Creator: Community Land Scotland

Media type: Report

Date published: 2024

Against a backdrop of challenges and opportunities in transitioning to a net zero society, a coalition of community sector organisations – including Community Land Scotland, Community Energy Scotland, Development Trusts Association Scotland, Scottish Communities Finance and Scottish Community Alliance – have come together to issue the following calls for action on behalf of communities across Scotland. Contained in this document are Our Seven Calls to Action to government, industry, and communities to create a Fair Energy Deal for Scottish Communities


Update: what big policy challenges face Scotland’s next first minister?

Author / Creator: Stuart Mcintyre

Media type: Article

Date published:

Humza Yousaf, Scotland’s first minister has recently stepped down. His successor, John Swinney, faces a number of economic challenges related to growth, an ageing population, regional inequality and the transition to net zero.


Green and sustainable finance in Scotland: Leveraging the growth opportunity

Author / Creator: Scottish Financial Enterprise

Media type: Report

Date published:

New report highlights role of green finance in driving Scotland’s net zero ambitions


Hydrogen backbone worth £26 billion a year to the Scottish economy

Author / Creator: Business for Scotland

Media type: Article

Date published: 2024

A ‘hydrogen backbone’ - a pipeline for Scotland to export green hydrogen straight to Germany could be worth billions to the Scottish economy and help boost Europe’s move to net zero.


International Scotland

Author / Creator: Adam McGeoch

Media type: Report

Date published: 2022

Scotland on the international stage relating to 

■ Business, Trade, and Tourism in Scotland

■  Invest in Scotland

■ Scotland’s Transition to Net-zero


Independence and the Transition to a Net Zero Economy

Author / Creator: Bottom Line

Media type: Article

Date published: 2023

The need for all economies to transition to Net Zero presents Scotland with considerable economic opportunities.


Land Reform In A Net Zero Nation

Author / Creator: Craig Dalzell

Media type: consultation response

Date published: 2022

Scotland has both a long history of inequality in land ownership and of a failure to correct this inequality.