Programme for Government 2020 briefing
Every year the Scottish Government sets out its plans for the coming year in the “Programme for Government”. This year’s Programme for Government comes at an important moment. The impacts…
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Research & Briefings
Read our briefings and analysis on key environmental issues
Lobbying Act Post-Legislative Scrutiny Evidence
The Scottish Parliament’s Public Audit and Post-Legislative Scrutiny Committee are undertaking a review of the Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016, looking at how the Act has worked in practice since being…
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Just Transition Partnership Letter to the Scottish Government
Just Transition Partnership letter to Scottish Goverment Cabinet Secretaries regarding Just Transition Commission recommendations and Programme for Government.
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Briefing on the Economic Recovery
On Wednesday 12 August, MSPs will debate the Scottish Government’s “Economic Recovery Implementation Plan”, setting out their plans to rebuild the economy from the impacts of Coronavirus. This briefing sets…
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Our response to the Oil and Gas Authority consultation on proposals to revise the MER UK Strategy
This response demonstrates why Maximising Economic Recovery (MER) of oil and gas is incompatible with meeting our climate objectives. The inclusion of “net zero” is an insufficient change from the…
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BioEnergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) Briefing
A briefing on the dangers posed by the unproven and dangerous technology of BioEnergy with Carbon Capture and Storage.
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Annual Review 2019
FoES Annual Review of campaigns and activities 2019-2020
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Trustee’s Report & Accounts 2019
Friends of the Earth Scotland Trustee Report and Final Accounts 2019
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Carbon Capture and Storage Briefing
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage (CCUS), has been gaining a lot of attention in the media – but what is it, and why should we…
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