Reading Time: 12 minutesBlog that sets out the approach to policy description in the draft Scottish climate change plan and summarises the details for each of the main decarbonisation sectors.
Category: Transport
Driving down driving 3
Reading Time: 12 minutesThis post looks at Scottish Government actions to reduce car use since the establishment of, a now abandoned. target to reduce the distance driven by car by 20% between 2019 and 2030. It also considers plans to set a new target and what actions have been proven to reduce car use.
The Final Countdown to election 2026: Programme for Government 2025-26 – Building the Best Future for Scotland
Reading Time: 26 minutesThis extended, long-read blogpost provides a summary of the Scottish Government’s Programme for Government 2025-26 and highlights areas that are likely to be of particular interest to MSPs and the Parliament over the next year.
Progress on the plan to reduce child poverty
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis blog looks at the Scottish Government’s progress report on it’s plan to reduce child poverty through action across a wide range of different policy areas.
EV Rider
Reading Time: 5 minutesA post explaining the law around electric bike design and use. With a focus on what is, and isn’t, classed as an electric bike and the enforcement of these rules.
Hey, you can’t cycle there…except when you can (which probably isn’t obvious)
Reading Time: 4 minutesA short post outlining where it is, and is not, an offence to cycle in Scotland.
Artificial intelligence: how it works and what it can do
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis blog explains what AI is, how it works and what it can do. It also defines common AI terms.
A changing climate? The Scottish Government’s newly announced policy package
Reading Time: 15 minutesOn 18 April 2024 the Scottish Government announced plans to make ‘minor’ changes to climate change legislation, and a climate change policy package which includes
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.