Climate Change

The annual climate summit is being held in Dubai

First Minister says Rishi Sunak not taking climate change seriously

The UK Government seems to have picked a side - and it's the wrong one

COMMENT Liz Murray: Scottish success in championing climate justice must be repeated

COP28 president Sultan al-Jaber was revealed to have promised his oil company would work to extract gas from a number of countries, calling his role at the climate change conference into question

COMMENT Oil deals are being sealed as King Charles speaks without irony

Humza Yousaf has announced £2m to tackle loss and damage from climate change

Humza Yousaf announces £2m loss and damage funding for vulnerable countries at COP28

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Protests became a feature of FMQs earlier this year - particularly on climate change

EXCLUSIVE Holyrood brings in phone signal-blocking kit in protest crackdown

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King Charles giving a speech at Cop28 in Dubai

King Charles slammed as 'climate change hypocrite' after COP28 speech

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Previous commitments made at COP conferences have not been delivered, writes Ariane Burgess

COMMENT Ariane Burgess: Climate crisis requires more than just COP talk

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A heat pump installed outside a home

COMMENT How can Scotland best heat its buildings? Look to Scandinavia

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Neil Oliver's latest book Hauntings deals with more than just ghost stories

REVIEW Review: Neil Oliver's latest book is haunted by the spectre of GB News

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London districts dominated the list on Council Climate Action Scorecards. Is it any wonder?

COMMON WEAL Policy made in the centre will benefit the centre. These figures prove it

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The authoritarian far-right has always styled itself as an “anti-totalitarian” movement

Long Read The endless links between anti-climate activism and the far-right

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Mairi McAllan said Rishi Sunak's net zero rollback had caused issues for the Scottish Government's own plans

Scottish Government delays climate change plan due to UK's net zero rollback

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The UN summits do not lead to change

NEWSLETTER Forget useless COP summits – this is the big green idea we need

The UK Government claims more domestic oil and gas production will boost energy security

First round of new North Sea oil and gas licences announced by UK Government

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Members of the emergency services help local residents carry their possessions from homes in Brechin, Scotland

EXCLUSIVE North East faces worst of extreme weather due to climate change, warn scientists

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Stop Climate Chaos Scotland say we're in a new era for tackling climate change

Scottish civil society publishes manifesto on climate action

Cruise ships visiting Scotland could soon be charged a levy

Cruise ships visiting Scotland set to be charged levy to tackle carbon emissions

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The convention will be a hybrid event

World's first Gaelic Climate Convention to be held in Outer Hebrides

A car stuck in the road in Invergowrie, near Dundee, amid weather that will only become more frequent

NEWSLETTER Wellbeing economy for Scotland isn't 'nice' – it is far more important than that

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Storm Babet has wreaked havoc on the northeast of Scotland

EXCLUSIVE ‘It’s the price of climate change’, expert says amid Storm Babet flooding chaos

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The treaty allows fossil fuel companies to sue a country if they feel their profits might be in danger

Letters SNP members were right to oppose the pernicious Energy Charter Treaty

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Greta Thunberg was led away by police at a climate protest in London on Tuesday

Greta Thunberg charged after being detained at climate protest in London

Dale Vince with Just Stop Oil protesters during a march in London

Just Stop Oil backer withdraws amid claim more disruption under Tories ‘pointless’

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Electricity prices are currently artificially high

Letters The energy market is in urgent need of fundamental reform

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres says the world is burning

Letters Achieving net zero will not solve all our climate problems

People take part during a protest in central London after the controversial Equinor Rosebank North Sea oil field was given the go-ahead.

Hundreds gather in London to protest Rosebank oilfield approval

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Italy had a 500cc Fiat, England the Mini and Scotland the Imp

Letters Smaller cars and slower motorways are among the changes we must make

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Rishi Sunak has been praised by Donald Trump, who calls climate change a 'scam'

Letters Climate crisis means we must pick political leaders with care

First Minister Humza Yousaf and a floating production storage and offloading vessel in an image released by Rosebank investors Ithaca Energy

'Ecocide': UK Government condemned for 'climate denial' after Rosebank approval

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Scottish actor David Hayman has urged people to engage with the 'festival for survival'

'I'm terrified for the world': Scots film star to attend 'festival for survival'

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Douglas Ross's Scottish Tories are facing internal dissent over a proposed motion on climate change

EXCLUSIVE Scots Tory MSP rebels as party praises UK's 'alignment with EU' on climate

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The environmental regulator said that the increase is due to a post-pandemic 'industry bounceback'

Scotland’s greenhouse gas emissions rise – but lower than pre-pandemic

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First Minister Humza Yousaf during a visit to the National Treatment Centre - Highland in Inverness. Picture date: Monday June 12, 2023. PA Photo. Former first minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon was arrested and released without charge after almost

EXCLUSIVE Humza Yousaf blasts 'colossal abdication of leadership' by Rishi Sunak

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Rishi Sunak faced criticism after U-turning on a number of climate policies this week

COMMENT Rishi Sunak will leave our kids with a stinking desert then call it a triumph

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The Scottish actor urged politicians to be 'bold and brave' in the face of the climate emergency

Scots legend urges politicians to be ‘bold and brave’ with climate crisis

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers a speech on the plans for net-zero commitments in the briefing room at 10 Downing Street, London

LETTERS Rishi Sunak’s petty politics around climate change are an insult to us all

Rishi Sunak announced U-turns on a raft of the UK's climate commitments

COMMENT Richard Murphy: What Rishi Sunak got wrong – and how Scotland can get it right

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Net Zero Secretary Mairi McAllan (left) and Deputy First Minister Shona Robison

'Urgent work' as Scottish Government admits to breach of climate laws

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak rowed back on a host of the UK's climate commitments

Scotland forced to delay petrol car ban after Rishi Sunak's U-turn, SNP say

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Will Humza Yousaf take the opportunity to fill the climate vacuum left by Rishi Sunak, asks Lesley Riddoch

COMMENT Lesley Riddoch: The UK's rollback on climate presents an opportunity for Humza Yousaf

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Rishi Sunak's desperation to remain as Prime Minister is plain to see, writes the Wee Ginger Dug

REAL SCOTTISH POLITICS Wee Ginger Dug: Rishi Sunak's climate rollback reveals the PM's desperation

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers a speech on the plans for net-zero commitments in the briefing room at 10 Downing Street

Rishi Sunak announces major weakening of UK's net zero policies

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Stephen Flynn warned 'backwards Britain will be left behind'

IN FULL 'Catastrophic': Stephen Flynn's full letter to Rishi Sunak on net zero 'sabotage'

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Stephen Flynn said he knew the PM won't reconsider his decision

Stephen Flynn says PM has 'thrown in the towel' on net zero in letter to Rishi Sunak

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Rishi Sunak should have listened to his daughters on climate change...

THE JOUKER Rishi Sunak abandons promise to daughters on climate change

Rishi Sunak faced criticism from car giant Ford over proposals to row back on a green agenda

Business giants hit out at Rishi Sunak over planned climate pledge U-turn

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Rishi Sunak is under pressure from his own party

Rishi Sunak faces pressure from own party amid rollback on climate policies

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Rishi Sunak holds his Green Box at the Cop26 summit at the SEC in Glasgow

Rishi Sunak set to announce major backtrack on UK's climate commitments

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Oxfam said that as global temperatures soar, Rishi Sunak must “turn up the heat” on both fossil fuel companies and the super-rich with their 'high-emitting behaviours'

Stronger taxes on UK's biggest polluters could have raised £23 billion

Humza Yousaf will give a keynote speech at the Climate Week NYC Hub on Monday

Humza Yousaf to travel to New York for Climate Week summit

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Smoke billows from a large steel plant as a Chinese labourer works

comment Maggie Chapman: I hope you join thousands marching for climate action in Edinburgh

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Train, bus and ferry services in Scotland need 'urgent improvement' a report has said

Public transport in Scotland needs 'urgent improvement' to meet climate targets

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The Edinburgh event has been organised by a coalition of groups

Climate campaigners to march through Edinburgh in 'biggest ever' day of action

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The patch of snow is nicknamed 'The Sphinx'

UK's longest-lasting snow patch melts for 10th time in 300 years

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