Tony Gale’s striking image won the Environment category at the AOP photography awards. Continue reading Comet Neowise blazes a trail for Tony Gale as winner of AOP environment award
The Local Government Information Unit published polling data from Ipsos on UK attitudes to local elections. Continue reading Poll shows Local Government a mystery to more than half of UK voters ahead of elections
Funding research and innovation for crops for use as inputs in plant-based food will contribute to Europe’s food security, say campaigners. Continue reading European Alliance for Plant-based Foods calls for funds from European Commission
Hostelling Scotland says network fully open again as travellers look to embrace great outdoors. Continue reading Hostelling Scotland bounces back after two years in COVID-19 wilderness
This investment from Tomatin Distillery is a key milestone for Highland Tourism and the region. Continue reading Tomatin Distillery sustainable backing for Highland tourism
A collection of front pages from Scottish, UK, and World media to chart what coverage or otherwise was given to the UN Climate Change Summit. The interest from some peaked and waned. A few emerged more focused and engaged than others. Judge for yourself. Click on the gallery to scroll and view bigger images. COP26 MEDIA: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2021 COP26 MEDIA: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, … Continue reading GALLERY: COP26 front pages
Love is still the only revenge, it grows each time the Earth Is set on fire Ayisha Siddiqa Continue reading VIDEO: ‘On another panel about climate they ask me to solve the future – but all I’ve Got is a love poem’
“The question we must now ask ourselves is, what is it that we are fighting for? Are we fighting to save ourselves and the living planet? Or are we fighting to maintain business as usual? Greta Thunberg – George Square, Glasgow Continue reading VIDEO: ‘The People in power are scared of the truth’ – Greta Thunberg
A last minute call for bands to collaborate at pop-up venue showcasing ethical collectives has gone out after a new co-working space come bar opened in just six-days. The idea was to help overcome a lack of space and provide an independent venue within walking distance of the main COP26 activities. Now 75.5 Steps: a local business-led collaboration between The Drink Cabinet and Glasgow bar … Continue reading What’s On At COP26: Pop up co-working and event space opens minutes from SECC
A four-day counter conference to COP26 called‘The People’s Summit for Climate Justice’ is to take place from Sunday following the previous day’s Global Day of Action for Climate Justice. Organised by the COP26 Coalition it will stage more than 200 free sessions across dozens of venues in Glasgow and online. It will include workshops on how to sue an international fossil fuel company to a … Continue reading What’s On At Cop26: People’s Summit For Climate justice Counter Summit
Video coverage from live stream of the opening of UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow. Credit: UN Climate Change Continue reading VIDEO: COP26 Opening of the Conference BY Chile’s Carolina Schmidt Zaldivar,
Past 7 years set to be the warmest on record, sea level rise at new high – World Meteorological Organization Record atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations and associated accumulated heat have propelled the planet into uncharted territory, with far-reaching repercussions for current and future generations, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The past seven years are on track to be the seven warmest on record, according … Continue reading State of Climate in 2021: Extreme events and major impacts
Dear Glasgow I live in Dunblane, Scotland and published my first book – Carbon Choices on the solutions to climate change in 2020. I have been aware of the serious implications of climate change for 30 years, ever since studying geography and glaciers as a geography student. I made a mid-career change from accountant to sustainable development and now work as an Energy Specialist. However, I was still frustrated … Continue reading DEAR GLASGOW COP26 …. NEIL KITCHING
UN Ambassador for the Convention on Migratory Species, Sacha Dench visiting Celtic Renewables, Scotland’s first biorefinery plant meeting Martin Tangney OBE, Founder of Celtic Renewables at the new plant in Falkirk. Continue reading Sachs Dench The Human Swan Flies In to meet Celtic Renewables
The row over the proposed go-ahead for the Cambo oil and gas field off Shetland has gathered pace this week as Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has come under pressure from the environmental sector to take a stand against it, while pressured by business leaders and the right to put the economy first. Continue reading The climate emergency demands definite answers
Mossmorran protests call for Just Transition as demonstration against Fife site highlights local and national concerns over its operation. Continue reading Climate Camp Protest Calls For Mossmorran Just Transition
The Rainbow Warrior enchants even lying still in the water. The famous emblem bursting to life in a blaze of colour, 55m masts towering above. A lick of green paint might be needed to cover the corrosion here and there. But framed against the silvery Scottish skies in Leith it remains a symbol of hope, of defiance, of a group that knows how to win. … Continue reading Rainbows & unicorns: How Scotland’s Just Transition is making waves for climate
Eight up-and-coming green energy stars were crowned at the Young Professionals Green Energy Awards held by Scottish Renewables. Continue reading Young Professionals Green Energy Awards winners announced
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