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Scottish Climate Campaigners Plead For Action From Government

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Environmental campaigners have expressed concern as the Scottish Government announced it had missed its climate target for 2022, marking the ninth out of the last 13 annual targets to be missed. We aim to support community-led action in Scotland to address the climate and nature emergency and work for a just, thriving and resilient Scotland

Friends of the Earth Scotland campaigners warned Humza Yousaf must get action on climate change “back on track”, with a commitment to protect “vital” legislation which was being Campaigners warn climate action must not slow as Greens axed from Government Environmental groups said vital legislation to tackle the climate crisis must get back on track. Gillian Martin was appointed as Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy in June 2025. Gillian Martin grew up in Newburgh, Aberdeenshire. Prior to her role as an MSP, she lectured in Television Production at North East Scotland College and ran her own video production company.

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Scottish Government must “reject it completely” Friends of the Earth Scotland’s climate campaigner Alex Lee (they/them) said: “SSE has been forced to admit its plans for new gas burning at Peterhead would be a climate disaster for decades to come. The climate case for this project was always desperately weak and now it is in The campaigner Alex Lee they them Scottish Government has committed to protecting 30% of Scotland’s land and sea for nature by 2030. Right now, we’re consulting on the first five-year Delivery Plan containing over 100 actions to implement our Biodiversity strategy – along with proposals for new targets for nature restoration that could be put into law, in

“We are not given a chance [on TV or radio] since climate action is taken as political,” said Nabukalu, 24. Government leaders are keen to show they are heeding young climate campaigners. Scotland’s greenhouse gas emissions have fallen, figures showed, although climate campaigners insisted that the “pace of change is too slow” to meet key environmental targets. Official figures showed net emissions of seven greenhouse gases fell to 39.6 million tonnes of carbon dioxide

Once the Carbon Budgets have been agreed, the Scottish Government will publish and consult on a new draft Climate Change Plan outlining the specific actions required to reduce emissions so as to meet each of the first three carbon budget targets, as is made up of the well as setting out the associated costs and benefits. A court has ruled that consent for two new Scottish oil and gas fields was granted unlawfully and their owners must seek fresh approval from the UK government before production can begin. The

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Campaigners demand Scottish Government action on single-sex spaces amid legal threat Sex Matters wants Scottish ministers to make a statement that facilities designated as male or female mean biological sex. Summary During 2025, the Scottish Government will have to publish a new Climate Change Plan (CCP). While an indicative timetable is available, the Scottish Government climate change policy work should, as soon as possible, confirm and clarify the timetable for CCP publication. The campaigners say the Scottish government’s commitment to implementing guidelines drawn up in 2021 by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) — an executive non-departmental public body of the English department of health — gave some hope of improvement.

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WASPI campaigners have threatened the government with legal action unless it reconsiders its decision to reject compensation for millions of women affected by changes to the state pension age.A watchdog recommended that compensation be paid to women born in the 1950s, whose state pension age was raised to match men born in the same decade.But Prime Cabinet and Ministers The Scottish Cabinet The Cabinet is the main decision-making body of the Scottish Government. It is made up of the First Care Excellence Minister and all Cabinet Secretaries. The Permanent Secretary attends Cabinet meetings as Secretary to the Cabinet. The Scottish Government has clear goals to reach net zero. These goals are set out in Scotland’s Climate Change Act 2019 and are a top priority in our Programme for Government. Plans including funding to improve services and support action on many fronts: Transport £409 million for buses and free bus travel (almost half of Scotland can already travel for free) Around £188

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A court has ruled that consent for two new Scottish oil and gas fields was granted unlawfully and their owners must seek fresh approval from the UK government before production can begin. The

Acting Minister for Climate Action, Dr Alasdair Allan MSP, also joined for a short address and Q&A session, reinforcing the Scottish Government’s commitment to adaptation action at all levels. As Scotland moves toward a climate-resilient future, the role of regional partnerships will be more critical than ever. The campaigners say that The Scottish Government’s delivery on climate action did not improve last year when it announced it was ditching its legal target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by Campaigners call for action as jellyfish threaten Scottish salmon farms A jellyfish species that has been wreaking havoc on Norway’s salmon industry has made its way to Scotland, causing significant damage and prompting calls for urgent action.

We are now taking these actions forward as part of our climate change policy work, and have requested further action from the UK Government where action is needed. The Assembly was unique in offering members a chance to consider This report provides an account of the activities delivered through the Scottish Government’s COP26 programme and how that activity supported Scottish Government will have the Scottish Government’s main climate related policy aims. Climate action is popular and can improve people’s lives, from better public transport to warmer homes and creating secure long term green jobs. “Instead of speeding up this transformation, the Scottish Government has scrapped its legal commitments to cut climate pollution by 2030 and 2040.

Campaigners have accused the Scottish Government of ‘autocratic’ behaviour, after it backed plans for a wind farm development at a Highlands beauty spot. In a rare move, Minister for Climate Action Alasdair Allan overruled the advice of his own officials by giving the go ahead for construction of 11, 200-metre high turbines and

Information on how we are encouraging communities across Scotland to take action on climate change. String jellyfish have caused the death of more than 200,000 farmed salmon in Scotland. Photograph: Alf Jacob Nilsen/Alamy A jellyfish species that has been wreaking havoc on Norway’s salmon industry has made its way to Scotland, causing significant damage and prompting calls for urgent action. The string jellyfish has killed millions of salmon in Norwegian Acting Minister for Climate Action Alasdair Allan will leave Government at the end of this week, having indicated that he only wished to serve on an interim basis.

At the beginning of May 2019 the Scottish Government committed to cutting Scotland’s greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2045, to end the nation’s contribution to climate change. 10 years of seven greenhouse ago the Scottish Parliament paved the way for this when it unanimously voted for a target to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 42% by 2020, the most ambitious climate change legislation

The decision to approve a giant new oilfield off Scotland has been ruled unlawful by the courts – an outcome that campaigners have hailed as an “incredible make a statement that victory” for the planet. In 2023, the previous Conservative government green-lit the Rosebank development, approving drilling in the UK

Responsibilities The Cabinet Secretary is responsible for: cross government co-ordination of Net Zero policy climate crisis and environmental protection Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) oil and gas environmental quality Hubs will work to: build awareness of the climate emergency and actions local groups can take develop local plans help groups take up funding opportunities facilitate networking ensure a more joined-up approach to tackling climate change at a regional level You can read more about community climate action hubs on the Scottish Government website Two climate protestors from This is Rigged painted the front of the Scottish Parliament on Thursday to call attention to “the government’s criminal inaction on the climate crisis”. The group

A new set of targets to tackle climate change in Scotland over the next 20 years has been unveiled by the Scottish government. Annual targets were abandoned by Scottish ministers last year after The controversial Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields have been ruled unlawful by the Scottish Court of Session, and consent for their development has been quashed. The court has ruled that the government Climate campaigners have said that the Scottish Government’s ‘climate humiliation is complete’ after MSPs today voted for legislation that will scrap critical 2030 targets to reduce climate emissions. Despite announcing plans to ditch targets six months ago, Ministers have failed to bring forward any ramp up of the climate action that will improve lives and cut