Reading Time: 6 minutesA look at how the Parliament and Government/Executive have approached climate change and the oil industry.
Category: Environment & Energy
You get what you pay for – 20 years of devolved transport policy
Reading Time: 9 minutesA look back at 20 years of Scottish transport policy and investment, and how this has influenced people’s travel choices.
Smart Meters
Reading Time: 4 minutesSPICe has recently received a number of enquiries about smart meters. This blog explores some of the issues around the technology, and its introduction to homes and businesses.
SPICe FAQ – Wood burning stoves and air quality
Reading Time: 4 minutesLooks at the framework which governs emissions from wood burning stoves, and smoke control areas.
Guest blog: Environmental governance and EU Exit: the state of play
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis blog examines the state of play regarding environmental governance and EU exit.
Melting ice and rising seas – what does the latest IPCC report mean for Scotland?
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis blog looks at the findings of the IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate and its implications for Scotland.
How to count to net-zero: Part 2
Reading Time: 5 minutesHow can we know if Scotland’s public spending today will deliver Scotland’s climate targets in 2030 and beyond?
A (woolly) mammoth task? The Climate Change Bill before Stage 3
Reading Time: 5 minutesWhat’s in the Climate Bill? On 25 September 2019, the Scottish Parliament will consider the Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) Scotland Bill at Stage 3.
Assessing the conservation status of Scotland’s salmon rivers
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe wild Atlantic salmon is an iconic Scottish species, however, their numbers are in decline. The total salmon rod catch in Scottish rivers reached its
Plenty of fish in the sea? Pressures facing Scotland’s wild Atlantic salmon
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe iconic wild Atlantic salmon is in decline across Scotland. Their unique lifestyle – spawning in rivers and migrating thousands of miles downstream, across the