Events

25th March 2025, 6:00 pm - 07:30 PM

Engaging with your councillors for fossil free pensions – Training Workshop

Council pension funds are investing in fossil fuel companies that are driving the climate crisis, and engaging with our local councillors is one of the best ways we can put pressure on them to stop this from happening.
Please join us for this interactive councillor outreach workshop from UK Divest and Hope for the Future, in collaboration with Fossil Free West Yorkshire, covering how to research and build a relationship with your councillors in a way that is more likely to lead to positive action and help to win campaigns to divest our local government pensions from fossil fuels.

Everyone is very welcome, whether you are new to divestment campaigning or you’re already part of a divestment group.

12th March 2025, 8:00 am - 10:00 AM

Face the Climate Risks! demonstration

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Wheelchair accessible

UK pension funds are currently investing around £88 billion in coal, oil and gas companies like BP and Shell that are expanding their fossil fuel extraction and abandoning renewable projects.
If you are in Edinburgh between 8am and 10am on Wednesday 12th March, please join us outside a huge pensions conference at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC) near Haymarket Station for a family-friendly demonstration to demand that pension funds face climate change risks and stop investing our money in climate-wrecking fossil fuel companies. All welcome!

Outside the Edinburgh International Conference Centre
150 Morrison Street, Edinburgh, EH3 8EE GB

11th March 2025, 6:30 pm - 08:00 PM

Training: How to talk to politicians about issues you care about

Online via Zoom
This training is for anyone who has ever received a disappointing response from an MSP on a climate issue – that's everyone, right?

We'll discuss how you can respond to their emails, request and prepare for an MSP meeting and keep the conversation going. This is a crucial time to engage with politicians as they consider some big climate decisions in the coming months.

Register via Eventbrite below.

05th March 2025, 6:00 pm - 07:00 PM

Face the Climate Risks! Briefing on Planetary Solvency report and 12th March action

Join this online briefing to find out about: New report from UK actuaries (the 'risk experts') in conjunction with climate scientists on 'Planetary Solvency,' and The related action planned outside an important pension investment conference at the EICC, Edinburgh, on 12th March
This event is being held in advance of the Face The Climate Risks! action outside the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association Pension Investment conference at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre on Wednesday 12th March, aimed at alerting delegates to this report. It is a joint action by Divest Lothian, XR Edinburgh & Lothians and Friends of the Earth Scotland.

If you're in Edinburgh on the 12th, we'd love to see you there! You can sign up for that action here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/face-the-climate-risks/

The online briefing is open to anyone, whether you can attend the action on the 12th or not.

03rd March 2025, 12:00 am - 09th March 2025, 12:00 am

Meet your MSP/MP to talk fossil fuels

Politicians will soon have to make decisions on the Rosebank oil field and Peterhead gas power station projects. Now is the time to put all the pressure on decision makers. This week of action includes trainings on how to arrange meeting with your representatives, what to say to them and following up. Click through for more info about the week of engagement.

22nd February 2025, 7:00 pm - 11:30 PM

Valentine’s Ceilidh

Portobello Town Hall, Edinburgh
Run by the ceilidh collective, this event is supporting, fundraising, and fun raising for Friends of the Earth Scotland and Porty Community Energy.

Hud Yer Wheesht will be our band for a heady evening of music, dance, local bar and food.

12th February 2025, 7:00 pm - 08:30 PM

Rethinking resources – putting communities first

Online webinar
Join us for a webinar looking at how we can make mining fairer for people around Scotland, and the world. We'll be talking about two new pieces of research we have undertaken with expert speakers sharing their findings.
Open to everyone.

27th January 2025, 6:00 pm - 07:30 PM

Resisting fossil fuels in 2025 – what’s next?

Online webinar
Join us online to hear how our campaign successfully opposed the new gas power station at Peterhead in 2024. We'll hear from our local organising team about the fantastic work they have been doing to build a movement in the Peterhead area. We'll discuss how you can get involved in 2025 - whether you are new to the campaign or have been involved all the way.
Open to everyone.

12th December 2024, 6:00 pm - 07:00 PM

Webinar: Switching to a fossil-free pension for workers and our planet

UK pension funds, including the National Employment Savings Trust (Nest), are investing a staggering £88 billion in some of the world's biggest fossil fuel polluters that are driving the climate crisis like BP, Shell, Equinor and TotalEnergies.

Please join UK Divest, War on Want and Operation Noah from 6-7pm on Thursday 12th December to discuss how we can call on Nest and other workplace pension funds to move our savings from climate-wrecking fossil fuels to green alternatives like wind and solar power to help ensure a liveable future for all.

We'll also hear how we can take action to move our own pensions to fossil-free ethical funds. Everyone is very welcome!

10th December 2024, 10:30 am - 02:00 PM

Human Rights Day of Action – Bring Back the Bill

Meet at St Giles Cathedral to march to the Scottish Parliament.
On Human Rights Day, we will gather at Holyrood to advocate for the reintroduction of the Human Rights Bill into the Scottish Government’s agenda for this term. We invite everyone who values equality and justice in Scotland to join us. Expect to hear from various speakers and enjoy some soup. Click below for more details & RSVP via link so organisers know how much soup to make!

05th December 2024, 7:30 pm - 09:00 PM

The GKN Factory Occupation for Jobs & Climate in Florence – Solidarity from Scotland

Online via Zoom
Italian workers who occupied their factory to oppose closure went on to make a plan which shows what a just transition can look like. Now without pay for almost a year, it is time to support them and their plans to start production.
Speakers are Matthew Crighton & Bronagh Gallagher - delegates from Scotland at the Solidarity Assembly convened by the workers in October.
Click for more info and details of how to register on Zoom.

26th November 2024, 6:00 pm - 07:00 PM

Peterhead Power Station: The Real Climate Impact

Online
Join our webinar exploring new research which reveals the true climate impact of building a new power station in Peterhead.

We will give an overview of what is being planned, talking through the findings of the research and what this means for the campaign.

We will also take part in some digital actions to spread the word about this latest scandal!

24th November 2024, 3:30 pm - 05:30 PM

Palestine Liberation, Climate Justice and Israeli Green Colonialism

Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh EH1 1EL
Exploring the ways in which fossil fuel companies are complicit in Israeli militarism and occupation and how seemingly ‘environmental’ projects have been used by Israel to further colonise Palestinian land.

We will hear how fighting for a just energy transition and climate justice in the Arab region means disrupting current systems that protect global and local political elites, multinational corporations and military regimes.

Join Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Friends of the Earth Scotland for an afternoon of speakers and music, exposing these connections, the common targets and find out about the campaigns that are tackling both issues.

23rd November 2024, 4:00 pm - 05:00 PM

The People vs New Coal:

Assembly Roxy, 2 Roxburgh Pl, Edinburgh EH8 9SU
Explore the stories, sights and sounds of the noisy, chaotic and diverse movement that defeated the coal dinosaur and changed Scotland forever.

The exhibition will be open from 12 noon, with film screenings and a chance for informal discussion with Ric Lander, Friends of the Earth Scotland, at 4 - 5 pm.

23rd November 2024, 2:30 pm - 03:30 PM

Edinburgh Radical Bookfair – No more false climate solutions

Assembly Roxy in Edinburgh / online
Event as part of the Bookfair weekend from Thurs 21st - Sun 24th November.

Our campaigner Alex Lee will join writer Dr Hamza Hamouchene to discuss the struggle for climate justice, and how we dismantle colonial practices - including the green ones.

Click below to view the amazing programme of events.

12th November 2024, 8:00 am - 09:00 AM

Rally before Rosebank court case

Court of Session, Parliament House, Edinburgh, EH1 1RQ
Join us for the first day of the court hearing against the Rosebank oil field to show your support in this landmark fight between oil and gas industry profits and a liveable future for all. We're gathering for a rally outside the court before the hearing begins.

11th November 2024, 7:00 pm - 08:30 PM

Big Oil in Court: Rosebank and the fight for the North Sea

Hybrid - in person (Edinburgh) & online
On the eve of the landmark Rosebank oil field court hearing in Edinburgh, join this special panel moderated by comedian Frankie Boyle to discuss the crucial legal battle and the future of the North Sea. Leading experts and campaigners will delve into the potential of this legal battle to shape UK oil and gas policy, the growing public opposition to fossil fuels.
Co-hosted by Stop Rosebank and Uplift UK.

02nd November 2024, 1:45 pm - 08:30 PM

Resisting Fossil Fuels: Autumn Gathering

Perth North Church
Come along to Perth for an afternoon of collective learning, planning and connecting, with delicious food and a ceilidh in the evening. We will hear from key campaigns - Peterhead Gas, Stop Rosebank & Grangemouth - that are taking action to resist the fossil fuel industry in Scotland and beyond. This event is free and open to everyone.

26th October 2024, 2:00 pm - 04:00 PM

Ending the fossil fuel era: how we win a just transition – GLASGOW

Social Hub Glasgow, G1 1TQ
Global Justice Now and Parents for Future are hosting renowned Filipina youth climate justice activist Mitzi Jonelle Tan in Glasgow for a discussion about how we can challenge plans for damaging new fossil fuel projects around the world and how a Fossil Fuel Treaty could help us win a globally just transition. Also speaking will be Rosie Hampton, Just Transition campaigner for Friends of the Earth Scotland & Claire Larkin, Director of Parents for Future Scotland.

24th October 2024, 6:00 pm - 07:30 PM

Ending the fossil fuel era: how we win a just transition – DUNDEE

Dalhousie Building, Dundee University, DD1 5EN
Global Justice Now and Parents for Future are hosting renowned Filipina youth climate justice activist Mitzi Jonelle Tan in Dundee for a discussion about how we can challenge plans for damaging new fossil fuel projects around the world and how a Fossil Fuel Treaty could help us win a globally just transition. Also speaking will be Rosie Hampton, Just Transition campaigner for Friends of the Earth Scotland & Claire Larkin, Director of Parents for Future Scotland.

24th October 2024, 6:00 pm - 07:30 PM

Ending the fossil fuel era: how we win a just transition – LIVESTREAM

Streamed on YouTube
Livestream of event with renowned Filipina youth climate justice activist Mitzi Jonelle Tan in Dundee. Global Justice Now welcome guest speakers for a discussion about how we can challenge plans for damaging new fossil fuel projects around the world and how a Fossil Fuel Treaty could help us win a globally just transition. Also speaking will be Liz Murray, Head of Scottish Campaigns at Global Justice Now, Parents for Future and Friends of the Earth Scotland. Click below for details of how to join.