Wasting away
A report highlighting Scotland’s lost potential to recover financial and environmental value from waste. Download the report. Find out more about our Communities Reducing Excess Waste (CREW) project.
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Research & Briefings
Read our briefings and analysis on key environmental issues
Demanding Climate Justice at COP-15 Copenhagen
This December the Danish capital of Copenhagen will host crucial international talks on climatechange. These talks are the latest in a series of attempts to reach a global agreement to…
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Energy, Economy and Tourism Committee Debate September 2009
A matter of months after the Scottish Parliament passed the Climate Change (Scotland) Act with a target of 42% emissions reductions by 2020; and with guidance for new power plant…
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Coal and climate change briefing
Proposals for a new generation of coal-fired power stations in Scotland and across the UK are a cause for great concern. New coal plants will operate for 40-50 years and…
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Big Ask Big Success – How Scotland’s Climate Change Bill can make a difference in Copenhagen
Following Friends of the Earth Scotland’s Big Ask campaign and the efforts of fellow colleagues in the Stop Climate Chaos Scotland coalition, it is also the most progressive climate change…
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SCCS Briefing on stage 3 amendments to the Scottish Climate Change Bill
This briefing sets out Stop Climate Chaos Scotland (SCCS) views on the list of amendments for stage 3. Download the briefing. This briefing was produced by the Stop Climate Chaos…
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SCCS Stage 3 Key message briefing paper
This briefing paper sets out the case for ambitious emissions reduction targets, the maintenance of a domestic effort target and a fair and safe cumulative budget in the Scottish Climate…
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SCCS Briefing on Judicial Review
Under the Aarhus Convention environmental NGOs and indeed members of the public should enjoy access to timely, affordable review procedures that can consider the merits of the decision, not just…
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Scottish Government Debate-National Waste Strategy
We are providing this briefing ahead of the Scottish Government’s National Waste Strategy Debate. We welcome the early achievement of the 2010 landfill diversion target. This brief outlines our main…
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