Read our briefings and analysis on key environmental issues
The built environment is the fabric within which most of us in the UK lead our daily lives. Our homes, offices, schools, hospitals, leisure facilities, public buildings, and the infrastructure…
The EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is undoubtedly the single most important policy instrument for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe, if not the world. This briefing by…
Climate change is the single biggest environmental challenge we face. Whilst the changes and costs become ever clearer, we are only just starting to get to grips with what needs…
The Royal Bank of Scotland is the primary UK bank financing new extraction of the fossil fuels whose use is accelerating the planet’s atmosphere towards its climatic tipping point. Despite…
Reducing carbon emissions from electricity generation is a key part of the Scottish Executive’s climate change programme, with an ambitious target set for 40% of electricity consumption in Scotland to…
This report by Prof. Werner Maschewsky, of Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, defines and extrapolates the concept of EJ, referring to the USA, before applying it to the Scottish understanding…
This report first outlines the nature and potential of GNAs (Chapter 1), and then turns to lessons from experience with GNAs in Scotland and elsewhere – particularly the US (Chapter…
Friends of the Earth Scotland has long campaigned for a third party right of appeal (TPRA) in planning within a widescale review of the planning system. We have worked with…
This report highlights the role of coal-fired power stations in UK climate and energy policy. Friends of the Earth is calling for the emissions of carbon dioxide from coal fired…