Read our briefings and analysis on key environmental issues
In December 2020 the Scottish Government launched an update to its Climate Change Plan – the document setting out the actions Scotland will take to achieve our climate targets. Ahead…
Letter to Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change, and Land Reform and Minister for Energy, Connectivity, and the Islands. Our organisations are deeply concerned about the possibility of Bioenergy with…
Explaining the threats posed by Hydrogen technologies – blue, grey, green – to Scotland’s action on climate change.
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…
A briefing on the dangers posed by the unproven and dangerous technology of BioEnergy with Carbon Capture and Storage.
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…
Response to the National Planning Framework 4 – why it must help tackle the climate emergency, cut air pollution and create a circular economy
SCCS briefing for MSPs ahead of the final debate of the Climate Change Bill – urging them to increase commitments.
The Scottish Government must back up their commitment to tackling the Climate Emergency by implementing a radical Programme for Government to cut emissions within the next decade.