Reading Time: 5 minutes A guest blog on pharmaceutical pollution and potential implications for the environment and human health in Scotland.
Tag: Environment
Legislative consent and the UK Agriculture Bill
Reading Time: 5 minutes Summarising the Scottish Government’s Legislative Consent Memorandum for the UK Agriculture Bill.
New Challenges for a Just Transition? COVID-19 and Green Pathways to Recovery
Reading Time: 5 minutes This blog sets out recent developments in approaches to tackling climate change and explores some of the emerging thinking about how economic and societal recovery from the COVID-19 crisis can support decarbonisation.
Here come the gulls: SPICe FAQs on gulls and gull control
Reading Time: 4 minutes FAQs on gulls and gull control.
Transport – A climate emergency budget?
Reading Time: 5 minutes A look at the transport elements of the Scottish Government’s budget for 2020-21 and how it supports action to tackle the climate emergency.
All I want for Christmas is…
Reading Time: 4 minutes In this blog, SPICe has selected three key elements of “Christmas purchasing” and explored what information is available for those in search of sustainable festive choices.
Land Reform at 20 – What does a post-feudal era look like?
Reading Time: 9 minutes A look back at Scotland’s land reform journey since 1999.
‘Transformative’ change, but twin climate and biodiversity emergencies ahead: 20 years of devolved environmental policy
Reading Time: 7 minutes SPICe asked some key figures operating in the environmental sector during this period to set out their thoughts and reflect on achievements made, and outstanding challenges faced by the Scottish Parliament in the devolved area of environmental protection.
Oil and the climate crisis: drilling into Scotland’s policy paradox
Reading Time: 6 minutes A look at how the Parliament and Government/Executive have approached climate change and the oil industry.
You get what you pay for – 20 years of devolved transport policy
Reading Time: 9 minutes A look back at 20 years of Scottish transport policy and investment, and how this has influenced people’s travel choices.