Climate Change Plan – submission to ECCLR Committee January 2017
Summary – the Climate Change Plan is the product of a very large amount of work and contains many welcome measures, as well as painting an attractive vision of a…
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Research & Briefings
Read our briefings and analysis on key environmental issues
Briefing on the role of Scotland in delivering the Paris Agreement
Making Progress on the Paris Climate Agreement – a Parliamentary Briefing in advance of the Ministerial Statement on Scotland’s Contribution to International Action on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement,…
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Evidence on climate targets for ECCLR Committee
Evidence on the need for toughter climate targets to the ECCLR Committee of the Scottish Parliament for their session on 20th Sept 2016
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FoES response to Developments in Environmental Justice Consultation
Our response to the Scottish Government's consultation on Developments in Environmental Justice.
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Submission to Economic Impact, Seismic Activity and Decommissioning studies under the Moratorium on unconventional gas
Friends of the Earth Scotland, as part of the Scottish Environment LINK Unconventional Fossil Fuels Subgroup, have welcomed the opportunity to feed into the Scottish Government commissioned research programme under…
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Air Pollution Parliamentary Briefing
In advance of a debate brought forward by Labour about air pollution for 18th November, Friends of the Earth Scotland, Sustrans Scotland, British Heart Foundation Scotland and Transform Scotland briefed…
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Community Power Parliamentary briefing
Scottish Parliament briefing ahead of Community Energy Fortnight debate on 15th September. “Community Power – Building on Success”
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An Environmental Court or Tribunal for Scotland: FoES Policy Briefing
Friends of the Earth Scotland (FoES) warmly welcomes the Scottish Government’s commitment to consult on options for an environmental court or tribunal (ECT) in Scotland this year. The creation of…
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Parliamentary Briefing for Energy debate – 25 Feb 2015
Unconventional gas: unsafe and unnecessary. Briefing ahead of Scottish Parliament Energy debate on Wednesday 25th February 2015. Key points • unconventional gas has no useful role to play in Scotland’s…
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