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This year’s divestment campaign highlights
2025 has been another exciting year for our campaign to end pension fund investments in climate-wrecking fossil fuels.
Standing with workers to demand for a fast and fair transition
This year, affected workers and communities made it clear that they are unwilling to put up with the impacts of unjust transitions.
Breakthrough in fight against new oil and gas
Major progress made in 2025 but the fight against the Rosebank field remains critical
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Scottish conference on ‘How to Get a Just Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy’
Trades unions activists and environmentalists came together for a conference in Glasgow to discuss how a Just Transition could bring a new, clean, better balanced and more just economy. Pressure is on the Scottish Government to take a much more hands-on approach to both economic development and climate change plans.
Why is the Bank of England worried about climate change?
In the last few years the UK’s central bank has made a number of major contributions to the debate around climate change.
A third of Scottish Universities divest as Abertay and UWS join the party
Student campaigning organisation People & Planet published the results of their University League, confirming that two further Scottish universities have divested entirely from fossil fuels.
Marrakech blog – still waiting for action on climate change
For a while this meeting looked like it might be that rarest of things, a UN climate conference that actually finished on time rather than running into Saturday or even Sunday. But, true to UN form, talks broke down last night.
Marrakech blog – Paris Agreement gets going but much to resolve
Ministers and heads of state came to the COP today. Finance has been a big issue with rich nations shirking responsibilities and scepticism that more money or action will emerge.
Marrakech blog – urgent action needed and still possible despite Trump
Yesterday at the UN Climate Conference in Marrakech a broad coalition of development, union, faith and environment groups laid out their analysis of where the world is heading and the…
Damning verdict on fracking from Scottish Government studies
Across all sectors, fracking is a terrible choice for Scotland.
Fight Fracking for a Fossil Free Future
As I write this I’m about to head for the UN climate conference in Marrakech, where countries are supposed to be agreeing on the actions that will deliver on the…
Scottish Labour launch Bill to ban fracking
Scottish Labour today launched a Private Member’s Bill to ban fracking at Holyrood. The proposal to ban onshore unconventional oil and gas, including shale gas fracking and coalbed methane, was lodged…
