Reading Time: 6 minutesWoodlands are a key element of the Scottish Government’s climate change plans, but getting multiple benefits is more complicated than planting trees.
Category: Environment & Energy
Infrastructure investment: “locking in” a low carbon economy?
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Scottish Government plans to invest over £6 billion on infrastructure such as homes, roads and rail in 2021-22. This blogpost explores what we know of this infrastructure’s likely effect on Scotland’s greenhouse gas emissions.
What does the UK-EU Deal mean for environmental standards in Scotland?
Reading Time: 8 minutesThis blog explores the implications of the EU-UK Agreement for the ability of the Scottish Government, in practice, to keep pace with EU environmental law.
Guest blog: How to achieve green recovery from COVID-19? Expert views, and their alignment with Scottish Government proposals
Reading Time: 7 minutesThis blog summarises recent research as part of a SPICe fellowship which investigated policies and interventions that experts agree should form part of a green recovery from COVID-19.
Back to the future: Reducing car travel in Scotland
Reading Time: 6 minutesThe post looks at how the Scottish Government intends to achieve its commitment to a 20% reduction in the distance travelled by car by 2030.
Car Wars: Revenge of the SUV
Reading Time: 6 minutesThis post looks at trends in greenhouse gas emissions from cars since 2011, when the first version of the Climate Change Plan was published.
The future of fisheries management in Scotland: 2. sustainable fisheries
Reading Time: 6 minutesThis blog is part of a series of blogs examining key elements of the Scottish Government’s Future Fisheries Management Policy Intent Paper. It focusses on environmental aspects of fisheries management.
Infrastructure Investment Plan: supporting Scotland’s environmental ambitions?
Reading Time: 4 minutesDoes the draft Infrastructure Investment Plan support the Scottish Government’s climate and environmental ambitions?
The UK Internal Market Bill – a threat to the circular economy in Scotland?
Reading Time: 8 minutesThis blog explores implications of the UK Internal Market Bill for the development of a circular economy in Scotland, with particular discussion of Scotland’s forthcoming
What might the Internal Market Bill mean for Scotland’s regulatory standards?
Reading Time: 7 minutesThe Scottish Parliament will vote on a motion on whether or not to consent to the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill on 7 October 2020. This blog outlines some of the views of organisations in Scotland on the Bill and provides some examples of how the provisions of the Bill might affect different policy sectors.