Reading Time: 5 minutesOne of the key sticking points in negotiations, and ultimately unresolved issues from the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow was the issue
Tag: Climate Change
What to expect at COP27
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis blog sets out what’s on the agenda at COP27 in Egypt, considers how the world has changed in the last 12 months and what action is needed now to achieve climate targets.
COP26 – what happened next?
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis blog recaps on COP26 in Glasgow last year and considers some of the important developments affecting climate change negotiations since then.
International Climate Assessments – Round Six
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has recently published the third and final part of its review of global climate research. Known as Assessment
NPF4: Energy for electricity and heat
Reading Time: 4 minutesIntroduction SPICe is producing a series of blogs on the Draft Fourth National Planning Framework (NPF4), which provides a statutory strategy and framework for land use
NPF4 and the nature emergency
Reading Time: 6 minutesThis blog discusses policies in the new draft Fourth National Planning Framework for biodiversity and nature recovery.
COP26: A fragile win – but for whom? Coal, fossil fuels; loss and damage
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis blog attempts to set out what the key agreements (and disagreements) have been and to summarise the battle of narratives on the outcome of the negotiations and the Glasgow Climate Pact.
Not a moment to lose – some COP26 emerging themes
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Scottish Parliament has been involved in several events during COP26 about the role of Parliaments in a climate emergency. This blog summarises some themes from these events.
COP26: The Glasgow Women’s Leadership Statement on Gender and Climate – how could Scotland support its delivery?
Reading Time: 7 minutesThis extended blogpost explores what gender equality could mean in relation to climate action in Scotland, across some selected areas.
The Scottish Parliament on the world stage – report from Day 1 of the GLOBE Legislators’ Summit
Reading Time: 5 minutesOn 5-6 November, the Scottish Parliament and GLOBE are hosting the GLOBE International Legislators’ Summit during COP26. SPICe is reporting from the summit.