Reading Time: 8 minutesGuest blog by Dr Lorna Cole discussing what it means for agriculture to be sustainable and regenerative.
Author: SPICe
How much income tax will I pay in 2024-25?
Reading Time: 2 minutesFrom 6 April 2024, non-savings, non-dividend (NSND) income tax will be subject to six bands compared to three bands in the rest of the UK.
Climate Change and Scottish Parliament committees: Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee – climate policy governance
Reading Time: 5 minutesSPICe will be producing a series of blogs to illustrate the links between climate change and the policy areas covered by each subject committee.
This blog illustrates the remit of the Scottish Parliament’s Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee as it relates to climate governance.
Climate change and Scottish Parliament committees: Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee – sectors
Reading Time: 7 minutesSPICe will be producing a series of blogs to illustrate the links between climate change and the policy areas covered by each subject committee.
This blog illustrates the links between the key sectors covered by the Scottish Parliament’s Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee and climate change.
SPICe Hub: Climate change and Scottish Parliament committees
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis mini blogpost provides a central hub for SPICe blogs that illustrate how climate change impacts on policy areas across subject committees.
Climate Change and Scottish Parliament committees: Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
Reading Time: 6 minutesSPICe will be producing a series of blogs to illustrate the links between climate change and the policy areas covered by each subject committee.
This blog illustrates the links between the remit of the Scottish Parliament’s Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee and climate change.
Delivering a model for parliamentary scrutiny of climate change: drivers, actions and next steps
Reading Time: 10 minutesAn update on work to deliver a model for parliamentary scrutiny of climate change in the Scottish Parliament.
Affordable homes – Scottish Government budget and progress
Reading Time: 6 minutesThis blog takes a look at the Scottish Government’s affordable housing supply programme budget, reaction to planned spending and progress towards the affordable homes supply target.
2024 – the year of elections: why they matter
Reading Time: 5 minutesIn 2024 elections are due to take place in over 50 countries and with more than 2 billion people entitled to vote. This blog looks at where elections will be held and why they matter.
COP28 climate change negotiations and how they connect to Scottish climate policy
Reading Time: 6 minutesBlog summarising some of the major talking points from the COP28 climate negotiations and how they relate to the Scottish context.