Climate Change

Greenpeace activist Imogen Michel on board the White Marlin

Scottish activist completes one week occupying Shell oil platform
A SCOTTISH environmental activist is set to complete one week occupying a Shell oil platform at sea tomorrow.

Ben Griam Beg and Ben Griam Mor in the Flow Country

Campaign to secure Scots World Heritage Site enters new phase

Scotland's Caledonian pinewoods are on a

Caledonian pinewoods 'on knife edge' as charity calls for bold and urgent action

Greta Thunberg laughed at Calvin Robinson's question

Watch Greta Thunberg's brilliant response to GB News host Calvin Robinson

Some versions of the traditional Burns Night dish include palm oil

Letters Please make sure your vegetarian haggis is not costing the Earth

An Extinction Rebellion protester outside Michael Gove's office calls for the UK Government to scrap its plans for a new coal mine

Michael Gove's office splattered with black paint amid protest

Edinburgh is the first city in Scotland to sign up to the Plant Based Treaty

Edinburgh becomes first European ‘vegan capital’ to tackle climate crisis

The late Andrew Fairlie was a calm, quietely confident presence on the Yes Scotland board

COMMENT Pat Kane: As climate crisis worsens foodies need to get serious about sustainability

Flynn has said the Cambo oil field should be given the go ahead

UPDATED Cambo oil field should go ahead if it meets climate checks, says SNP's Stephen Flynn

Solar panels are set to be an increasing part of Scotland's energy mix

COMMENT Mark Ruskell: Scotland delivers bold strategy while UK wreaks climate vandalism

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak took his private plane to visit a healthcare centre in Leeds

Letters Rishi Sunak taking private jet to Leeds was an act of climate vandalism

Campaigners want the Scottish Government to announce an official end date to fossil fuel extraction

Call for Scottish Government to announce oil and gas production end date

Greens co-leader Lorna Slater set out the party's 2023 priorities

Greens pledge to do 'everything we can' to deliver indyref2

What awaits in 2023? George Kerevan offers his predictions

COMMENT Welcome to 2023: Our slide towards Armageddon is set to continue

The Khumbu Glacier in north-eastern Nepal between Mount Everest and the Lhotse-Nuptse

Most of the Earth's glaciers may be gone by end of the century, scientists warn

Extinction Rebellion protesters lie down in the road as part of their disruptive protest tactics

Extinction Rebellion to temporarily 'shift away' from disruptive public protests

Much controversy followed the opening of the Cumbrian coal mine

COMMENT Douglas Chapman: Coal’s green legacy can put National Energy Company back on agenda

A large wildfire in woodland at Lickey Hills Country Park on the edge of Birmingham during a blazing summer which saw multiple such incidents across the UK

2022 the warmest year on record for the UK, Met Office says

Maerl and Sea grass beds in the Orkney Isles

Four rewilding projects across Scotland awarded new funding

The Scottish Government's finalised Onshore Wind Policy Statement was published on Wednesday

Ministers confirm plans to double onshore wind capacity by 2030

The homes in Drymen, which will require 90% less energy for heating than the average house, have been completed

Landmark moment as Scotland's first Passivhaus social housing is completed

Origin has launched a locally collected and locally recycled planter

Scotland's first city centre plastic recycling hub launches in Aberdeen

The Mossmorran petrochemical plant is Scotland's third largest polluter

Just Transition for Mossmorran plant could save jobs and help reach net zero targets

Net Zero Secretary Michael Matheson claimed hydrogen is 'Scotland’s greatest industrial opportunity since oil and gas'

Doubts cast over how 'realistic' Scottish Government's hydrogen plans are

Deputy First Minister and temporary Cabinet Secretary for Finance John Swinney MSP delivering the Scottish Budget

ANALYSIS How green is the Scottish Budget ... and will it help us reach net zero targets?

A sign at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in Montreal

COMMENT Lorna Slater: After representing Scotland at COP15 it's clear we must all step up

Scotland fans outside a Six Nations match played in Edinburgh

Scottish rugby fans should learn from football World Cup ahead of France 2023

Joe Biden has pledged to lower US greenhouse gas emissions 40% by 2030 and Scottish firms could benefit

COMMENT How will an epochal shift in Joe Biden's America impact on Scotland and Europe?

Nicola Sturgeon chose a design by nine-year-old Evita Ye of Sunnyside Primary in Glasgow

Pupil's climate-themed Christmas card wins Nicola Sturgeon's contest

A new report has shown Scotland has the highest level of green job creation in the UK

Scotland leading UK in green job creation, according to new report

The winding wheel of Haig Colliery Mining Museum in Whitehaven, Cumbria

COMMENT Stuart Cosgrove: Mining the truth about Workington Man and the return of coal

Lindsay Hoyle criticised Michael Gove for failing to provide a full copy of his statement to MPs

Michael Gove apologises to Speaker after ‘thinnest statement ever’ on new coal mine

Environmental campaigners have reacted with fury to news of a new coal mine

'Reckless climate vandalism': Michael Gove slammed for approving new coal mine

The Climate Change Committee (CCC) released its analysis to the Scottish Parliament detailing the progress made in reducing emissions in Scotland

Urgent action required to get Scotland 'back on track to meet climate targets'

Major financial players are trying to present a new
‘green’ face to the world – and they are using a business-friendly Scottish Government to achieve this

COMMENT Scotland's ‘business-friendly’ push risks setting fire to net-zero targets

Just Stop Oil activists threw red paint over the plush glass-fronted flagship Edinburgh office earlier this year

EXCLUSIVE Scotland Office refuse to disclose grafitti damage costs at Edinburgh HQ

Oil and gas profits could be used to invest in Scotland's renewable sector, according to an economist

Oil and gas boom will 'accelerate' Scotland's green energy revolution

Sir Geoff Palmer of Heriot-Watt University has stressed the importance of addressing Scottish figures’ historical injustices that have otherwise gone unmentioned or even hidden

COMMENT We should think about climate in the same way as slavery

Cairngorms National Park could reach net zero in three years, a report has said

Cairngorms National Park could be net zero within three years, study suggests

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was praised for championing a fund for vulnerable communities hardest hit by climate change

COP27 roundup Scotland praised for 'moral leadership' shown at COP27 over loss and damage fund

Edinburgh was also heavily impacted by recent flooding

Climate sceptics should ‘think again’ after extreme weather, says SNP council leader

Campaigners have called on Scotland to

Scotland urged to ‘live up to promises’ on planned deposit return scheme

Climate activists taking part in a Fridays for Future climate strike march through Glasgow, Friday 28 October 2022

comment Scotland is bursting with talent – we must harness it with more than written targets

Both Nicola Sturgeon and Mark Ruskell were critical of the deal made at COP27

'One step forward, two steps back': Scotland reacts to COP27 climate agreement

Maisa Rojas, minister of environment of Chile, left, and Germany’s climate envoy Jennifer Morgan laugh ahead of a closing plenary session at COP27

Historic compensation fund approved at UN climate talks

Edinburgh-based author and activist Jessica Gaitan Johannesson

EXCLUSIVE The writers using literature to help change story of the climate crisis

The First Minister at the COP26 conference in Glasgow

Nicola Sturgeon welcomes loss and damage fund as COP27 talks drag on

The Energy Charter Treaty is deeply unpopular with Scots, we can reveal

REVEALED Scots demand UK ditches hated fossil-fuel money maker treaty

Kirstie Shirra was in the Green Zone at COP27 – which was a world away from Glasgow’s counterpart last year

COP27 diary Scotland must play its part in averting the climate catastrophe

The First Minister marked the connection of the UK's tallest wind turbines to the national grid

Nicola Sturgeon marks launch of UK's tallest wind turbine

Lord Newby accused the Prime Minister of only attending COP27 'under duress'

PM accused of ‘undermining UK’s reputation’ as green world leader

Two men have been arrested after climate activists damaged windows at a Barclays branch in Glasgow

Two people arrested after Extinction Rebellion break windows at Barclays offices

Laura Young said delegates are flying in to give speeches just to fly straight out again

EXCLUSIVE Campaigners’ anger as leaders repeat promises made at COP26

St Andrews scientist who worked on Frozen Planet II with David Attenborough says the time to act over climate change is now

EXCLUSIVE ‘If we exceed 1.5C sea ice will melt leading to extreme storms’, scientist warns