Climate Archives

Warm welcome for floating wind farm

18th October 2017

Dr Richard Dixon warmly welcomes the First Minister’s opening of the world’s first floating wind farm.

Scottish Government urged to act on climate emergency

13th October 2017

Activists inflated a huge warming earth globe outside Scottish Government headquarters at St Andrew’s House in Edinburgh today to highlight the emergency of climate change and urge greater action from the Scottish Government.

Over 17,000 call for Scotland to lead on climate change

20th September 2017

Over 17,000 people across Scotland have responded to a Scottish Government consultation urging them to raise their ambition in tackling climate change.

Programme for Government 2017 Reaction

05th September 2017

Friends of the Earth Scotland react to 2017/18 Programme for Government. New policies to tackle polluting transport, transition away from high-carbon industry and creation of a National Investment Bank mean it is the greenest ever announced in Scotland.

Response to the Climate Change Bill consultation

August 2017

Friends of the Earth Scotland’s response to the Scottish Government’s Climate Change Bill consultation.

Coalition launches campaign to keep Scotland as a world leader in tackling climate change

05th July 2017

Trump to dump Paris climate agreement

01st June 2017

FoES response to Scottish Government ‘Talking Fracking’ consultation

May 2017

To open up a new source of fossil fuels would run counter to the Scottish Government’s efforts to be a world leader on climate action. Therefore, the only reasonable course of action for the Scottish Government is to ban all forms of unconventional oil and gas extraction.

FoES response to Scottish Government draft Energy Strategy