Workplace Parking Levies Parliamentary Briefing (Feb 2019)
This Levy will help fulfil goals across the political spectrum including tackling air pollution, reducing climate emissions and funding public transport.
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Research & Briefings
Read our briefings and analysis on key environmental issues
Letter in support of Workplace Parking Levy
Transport and environmental campaigners have written to leaders of political parties expressing support for the Workplace Parking Levy proposals.
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Just Transition Parliamentary Briefing (Jan 2019)
JTP Briefing for MSPs ahead of Just Transition Debate Jan 2019
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Response to SEA and partial BRIA on Unconventional Oil and Gas
Our response to the Scottish Government’s consultation on its Strategic Environmental Assessment and partial Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment of its ‘preferred policy position of no support’ for the onshore…
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Overcoming Barriers to Public Interest Litigation in Scotland
The report from leading NGOs explores why there is a lack of strategic court action in Scotland and suggests recommendations to address this.
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FoES’ Edinburgh Council transport transformation consultation response (Nov 2018)
Friends of the Earth Scotland’s response to Edinburgh City Council’s ‘Connecting our City, Transforming our Places’ consultation. We support the ambitious proposals and believe that a Low Emission Zone can…
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Risky Business
The Lothian and Strathclyde Pension Funds, run by Edinburgh and Glasgow Councils, were found to be failing to take adequate action to protect their £27.1 billion investments from climate risks.
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Scotland’s role in delivering the Paris Agreement: Tyndall Centre report, May 2018
To inform targets for Scotland’s new Climate Change Bill, we commissioned this report from the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research on Scotland’s fair share of global emissions to deliver…
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Response to the Scottish National Investment Bank Bill Consultation (Oct 2018)
Our response to the Scottish Government consultation on a Bill to create the Scottish National Investment Bank.
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