Scottish Parliament Election 2026
Whoever wins the Scottish Parliament election, new MSPs will have to deliver climate solutions that improve people’s lives.
The next Scottish Government must create better buses, warm homes with lower bills and ensure our renewable energy system is run in the public interest.
These are achievable, popular goals that ensure that vital services are no longer being exploited by big businesses whilst the public suffer.
The necessary move away from fossil fuels to renewables is an opportunity to put power back into public hands.
We are building people power through local grassroots action and you should get involved with us on this journey far beyond this election.
All parties in the election should commit to:
Better buses
Bring back public control to create a bus system that connects isolated people and communities, cuts inequality and advances climate justice.
Warm homes
People need a fully funded warm homes programme that cuts bills, brings down climate emissions and ensures every home is liveable.
Putting energy in our hands
The move away from fossil fuels is a chance to build a publicly owned energy system, which creates good, unionised, manufacturing jobs and generates wealth back into communities in Scotland.
What are we doing for the election
We are organising events and providing the skills and opportunities for people to hold decison makers to account.
The problems that people in Scotland are facing are caused by greedy business and billionaires exploiting our basic needs for their profits. Furthermore, those who are scapegoating people who are already marginalised or seeking safety is an attempt to misdirect anger and frustration. So we are putting on an event to give people the skills to oppose these far right ideas.
The wealthiest and the big polluters who are benefiting from climate breakdown and rampant inequality should be the ones paying for the transition away from fossil fuels. We’ll help people make the case to politicians that climate solutions should be prioritised, and to ignore the corporate lobbying.
The election is a milestone along the journey of these campaigns, and whatever the outcome, we will continue to build people power in communities and fight for the positive transformation that is needed.
Glasgow Hustings - Wed 15 April
Join us at the Renfield Centre & online to quiz MSP candidates
Aberdeen Hustings - Thurs 16 April
Join us at the Quaker Meeting House to quiz MSP candidates for the North East
Falkirk Hustings - Tues 21 April
Join us at Arnotdale House to quiz MSP candidates
Join the youth-led hustings
Are you a young person in Scotland, and care about our planet? Then come along to the Scottish Youth Climate Coalition's hustings to ask political candidates hard-hitting questions on nature and climate from a youth perspective. Online & in Edinburgh, Wed 22nd April
Book your placeOther ways to get involved
Practical Organising Against the Far Right
Join us for local organiser training in Glasgow, bringing together people from the climate, migrant and social justice movements to connect and share skills in a day of practical and fun workshops.
Join the event
Latest Blogs
We can't wait for better buses
Our election demands, events and how you can get involved in winning the climate solutions we need.
Community organising in the North East
Our election demands, events and how you can get involved in winning the climate solutions we need.
Standing with workers to demand for a fast and fair transition
Our election demands, events and how you can get involved in winning the climate solutions we need.
Resources
Response to Scottish Government consultation on Draft Climate Change Plan
The Plan is lacking in both detail and policy and does not represent a robust route to meeting climate goals. The next Scottish Government must go further than the policies outlined in this CCP if it wishes to tackle the climate emergency in a just and equitable way.
Complaints Policy
Trustees Report and Accounts 2024
Friends of the Earth Scotland Trustees Report & Accounts 2023
FoES response to Scottish Government’s Circular Economy Strategy consultation
The Scottish Government’s draft circular economy strategy is unfit for purpose and, without fundamental changes, is likely to lead to significant harms to people or nature.
Letter to the Cabinet Secretary on the Scottish Government’s Circular Economy Strategy
In an open letter to Gillian Martin, the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy, 30 civil society groups and individuals have called on the Scottish Government to put people and nature before profit in the Circular Economy Strategy for Scotland.
Letter from 22 international NGOs to the Cabinet Secretary demanding fair and sustainable supply chains
22 civil society organisations and international groups urged the Scottish Government to strengthen the Circular Economy Strategy for Scotland.
