Climate Change

Nicola Sturgeon visited the Graham’s Family Dairy plant in Bridge of Allan, near Stirling, one of the businesses which benefitted from the programme.

Scottish Government awards £9.4m in grants to help firms cut emissions
The projects awarded funding have the potential to reduce emissions by the equivalent of the annual emissions from 17,000 households.

Fridays for Future movement inspired by Greta Thunberg held a climate march through the city

Hundreds of young people march through Edinburgh in climate protest

Unicef reports that at least 700 million people are at risk of displacement due to severe water shortages up to 2030

Letters Hundreds of millions will be forced to migrate if water shortages worsen

Environmental campaigners have called on the Scottish Government to explain how they will reduce car use by 20%

Campaigners call for action on plans to reduce car use in Scotland by 20 per cent

The Dig It! project commissioned the art to mark the end of its Scotland Digs 2022 campaign

Exclusive Archaeology dig inspires artists to capture climate lessons

The funeral could have gone ahead without multiple ceremonial events and an international guest list

Letters Queen's funeral was a chance to set a low-carbon example to the world

The Cairngorm summit on Friday morning. Image: Antonio Sequeira

First snow fall on the high Cairngorms this season

The late Queen recognised the need for urgent action on climate change, unlike the new Prime Minister Liz Truss

COMMENT To honour the late Queen Elizabeth, remember what she said at COP26

Nicola Sturgeon's climate change trip to New York has been cancelled

Nicola Sturgeon's climate change trip to New York cancelled

Arbikie Distillery has been given permission to build a green hydrogen-powered distillery

Scotland set for 'world-first' after plans for green distillery

Opposition politicians have been left fuming over the First Minister's upcoming trips

Opposition politicians fume at First Minister's upcoming trip to tackle climate crisis

The St Fergus gas terminal in Aberdeenshire Picture: Acorn Project

UK Government snubs north-east carbon capture project meeting bid

Extinction Rebellion activists in the House of Commons. Photo: Twitter

Updated Climate change protesters 'superglued around House of Commons speaker's chair'

The Red Rebels previously protested in Glasgow where COP26 was held

Climate protesters stage 'die-in' in Edinburgh after soaring temperatures in Scotland

Electric scooters are a low-cost, low-impact solution for short journeys

COMMENT We’re heeding the wrong people if we’re to stop our ‘boiling planet’

Just Stop Oil campaigners have previously targeted the UK Government's hub in Edinburgh

More than 60,000 sign petition demanding Tories halt approval of Jackdaw gas field

The survey revealed a difference in attitudes towards climate change among younger and older Scots. Photo: Callum Shaw on Unsplash

Updated What we learned from the Scottish Government's polling on climate change

With its swathes of rural land, Scotland has attracted a green rush of land investors

THE FERRET Wealthy pushing up land costs to ‘greenwash’ image, campaigners warn

Young people pictured in George Square, Glasgow where they were protesting to raise awareness of climate change in 2019. Photograph: Colin Mearns

EXCLUSIVE 'Anti-science' climate change denial declaration backed by Ukippers debunked

Scotland's salmon may be struggling to breed in the hotter waters

COMMENT With Scotland's salmon catch at a record low, how can we reverse the decline?

The Tweed will be affected by the ban

Fife and Borders farmers banned from removing river water amid extreme conditions

A dried out field near Bristol, where the prolonged dry conditions have left the parched land turning from green to brown. Photograph: PA

England declares drought as Scotland sees 'significant' water scarcity warning

The mass trespassing of the Port of Aberdeen was a proud and humbling experience

comment Non-violent protest can inspire hope in the face of Tory failure

The film follows the group of indigenous leaders as they visit some of Scotland's rarest woodlands

PREMIUM ‘Where are all the trees?’ Indigenous Amazonians visit Scottish rainforest in new film

Scottish artist is heading to Svalbard with a team of scientists to look into the impact of climate change

Interview Meet the Scottish artist heading to Norway to explore the impact of climate change

The team at Akre, the brainchild of Renwick Drysdale, builds on his forestry heritage

First-of-its-kind Scottish business looks to help firms offset carbon emissions

Coal tips pepper Welsh landscapes, reminders of Wales’s industrial past which have been reclaimed by nature

COMMENT Scottish communities are the climate change solution we need to be talking about

The screaming injustice of the current moment points at a capitalism which can no longer fulfil its historic function

COMMENT Pat Kane: What happens when growth is no longer available to solve our issues?

Greenpeace activists have previously targeted BP activity in the North Sea

Activists vow to fight bid for huge new oil field in waters west of Shetland

Heatwaves lead to wildfires in the UK

LETTERS Shortages and wild weather reveal risk climate crisis poses to us

The development is part of the Granton Waterfront regeneration project

Work on Scotland's largest net-zero housing development officially underway

Would mass refusal to pay energy bills have a similar effect on price rises?

Letters Mass action around the globe is required to save our planet

Climate Camp Scotland activists joined Migrants Organising for Rights and Empowerment campaigners in Aberdeen today

EXCLUSIVE Climate activists call for migrant rights on last day of Aberdeen protest camp

The melting snow in areas such as the Sphinx on Garbh Choire Mor are proof of climate change

EXCLUSIVE Global warming putting Scotland’s snow patches at risk of vanishing

This month’s heatwave was made 10 times more likely by climate breakdown

Scotland needs ‘renewables revolution’ after climate change-fuelled heatwave

Let’s talk about Scotland's green future while Tories bicker

COMMENT Let’s talk about Scotland's green future while Tories bicker

Richard Murphy says Keir Starmer is among the politicians who are deluding themselves

COMMENT As we're all shorn of hope, where is the vision from our politicians?

The UK Government has been accused of leaving the carbon capture industry 'in the lurch'

UK blasted over 'incomprehensible' lack of clarity on major carbon capture funding

Clouds over the Luskentyre dunes on the Isle of Harris. Photo by Nils Leonhardt on Unsplash

EXCLUSIVE 'Worst summer for decades': Western Isles struggles for sun as heatwaves boil mainland

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss are being called on to invest in the city of Aberdeen

Tory leadership hopefuls told to put 'substantial investment' in Aberdeen if PM

Climate activists are set to protest in Aberdeen for five days

Pictures show five-day climate camp setting up in Aberdeen

These are the areas of Scotland that could be underwater by 2040 (Canva/Climate Central)

These are the areas of Scotland that could be underwater by 2040

Buglife has said that the

Urgent calls made to protect rare animal and plants from development projects

Glasgow's George square is set to be re-designed

Comment Change to Glasgow's George Square is welcome news

US climate envoy John Kerry has fired a warning to the Tory leadership candidates about climate change

US climate envoy John Kerry issues net-zero warning to PM contenders

Plastic straws have been banned as a means of tackling climate change

Letters Courage required to halt climate change crisis and save future generations

A plastic cup, which which will be banned from August 12

Single-use plastics ban to take full effect in Scotland

The scene after a blaze in the village of Wennington, east London after temperatures topped 40C in the UK for the first time ever, as the sweltering heat fuelled fires and widespread transport disruption. Picture date: Wednesday July 20, 2022. PA Photo.

COMMENT Tories have nothing but worthless words even as England burns

Seagrass meadows in Argyll and Bute will be expanded thanks to the Scottish Government funding

Scottish projects fighting climate change to share in £5 million fund

Scotland basked in a heatwave which saw record high temperatures across the UK. Photo: PA

Record high Scottish temperatures revised UPWARDS by Met Office

Holding global warming at even 1.5C now seems ambitious

Letters Might some of those presently baking in London be planning a move north?

Picture: Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Edinburgh’s Botanic Garden aids in discovery of 70 new plant species

People walk in the sun in Trafalgar Square, London, as Britons experience the hottest UK day on record. Photo: PA

UK temperatures break 40C for first time ever amid 'disrupted climate'

How these European nations are fighting the heatwave

How these European nations are fighting the heatwave