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PARIS, FRANCE, December 5 – The United Nations climate talks have made little concrete progress on the most critical aspects of a just deal to respond to the climate crisis,…

Reacting to David Cameron’s speech at the Paris climate summit Dr Richard Dixon, Director of Friends of the Earth Scotland, said: “That husky must be turning in its grave. David…

Friends of the Earth Scotland today released a timetable of significant events over the next two weeks of negotiations and outlined the challenges ahead of the UN Climate Conference in…

Statement by Friends of the Earth International in reaction to the French government ban of the Paris climate justice mobilizations due to the heightened security situation PARIS, FRANCE, November 20,…

With only six weeks to go before world leaders meet at key United Nations talks in Paris, negotiators are gathered in Bonn this week in an effort to move closer…

Pope Francis today published his papal encyclical on the environment which called for greater political and personal action to tackle climate change. In a strongly worded paper he says there…

As two weeks of UN climate talks concluded in Germany today, Friends of the Earth Scotland warned that not enough progress was being made towards a fair climate treaty, due…

Scotland’s world leading climate legislation is being let down by reports that fail to show a clear picture of public sector action, new research shows in a report published on…

Scottish Carbon Footprint Increases Figures released today show that Scotland’s carbon footprint is increasing. This includes emissions embedded in goods and services we buy and use and those directly produced…