Reading Time: 4 minutes The wild Atlantic salmon is an iconic Scottish species, however, their numbers are in decline. The total salmon rod catch in Scottish rivers reached its
Category: Environment & Energy
Plenty of fish in the sea? Pressures facing Scotland’s wild Atlantic salmon
Reading Time: 4 minutes The iconic wild Atlantic salmon is in decline across Scotland. Their unique lifestyle – spawning in rivers and migrating thousands of miles downstream, across the
How to count to net-zero
Reading Time: 4 minutes Counting to zero is easy. But budgeting for zero carbon, that’s more difficult.
The fight for the future of fish
Reading Time: 4 minutes The fishing industry “is engaged in a battle in parliament”. It wants to prevent the UK Fisheries Bill from including a commitment that all fish
Net-zero and the climate emergency
Reading Time: 5 minutes How did the net-zero report come about? In October 2018 the UK and devolved governments asked their independent expert advisers, the Committee on Climate Change
The EU Emissions Trading Scheme and Brexit
Reading Time: 4 minutes Introduction The EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) is considered the cornerstone of the EU’s efforts to fight climate change and is a key mechanism