Reading Time: 7 minutesAs part of the programme to mark 20 years since the creation of the Scottish Parliament, SPICe will publish twenty “20 year” blog posts on
The EU Emissions Trading Scheme and Brexit
Reading Time: 4 minutesIntroduction 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
The EU Emissions Trading System
Reading Time: 4 minutesIntroduction While the Earth’s climate has been through many cycles of warming and cooling, the current rate of surface temperature rise is unprecedented. The overwhelming
Brexit – focus on the future relationship
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhere are we now? On 2 April, following a seven-hour cabinet meeting, the Prime Minister addressed the nation and indicated she would seek to work
Short term lets in Edinburgh
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe increasing number of short term lets in Edinburgh has been a point of debate for years, with questions around regulation and the behaviour of
The UK’s accession to the Government Procurement Agreement of the WTO – part 2
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis is the second of two blogs from Dr Filippo Fontanelli from the University of Edinburgh’s Law School. Dr Fontanelli is working in SPICe on
Statute still
Reading Time: 4 minutesLaws constantly change and evolve – they rarely stay still. But the UK’s withdrawal from the EU presents a significant legislative challenge because so many
The UK’s accession to the Government Procurement Agreement of the WTO
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis is the first of two blogs from Dr Filippo Fontanelli from the University of Edinburgh’s Law School. Dr Fontanelli is working in SPICe on
Scale and concentration of land ownership – the elephant in the room?
Reading Time: 4 minutesBackground The scale and concentration of land ownership in Scotland has been passionately discussed for more than 40 years, indeed it has been central to
Beavers set to become a protected species in Scotland (or are they?)
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Scottish Government has introduced Regulations that will provide beavers (the Eurasian Beaver, otherwise known as the European Beaver) in Scotland with European Protected Species