Reading Time: 8 minutes This blog explores the implications of the EU-UK Agreement for the ability of the Scottish Government, in practice, to keep pace with EU environmental law.
Tag: Environment
Guest blog: How to achieve green recovery from COVID-19? Expert views, and their alignment with Scottish Government proposals
Reading Time: 7 minutes This blog summarises recent research as part of a SPICe fellowship which investigated policies and interventions that experts agree should form part of a green recovery from COVID-19.
Back to the future: Reducing car travel in Scotland
Reading Time: 6 minutes The post looks at how the Scottish Government intends to achieve its commitment to a 20% reduction in the distance travelled by car by 2030.
Car Wars: Revenge of the SUV
Reading Time: 6 minutes This post looks at trends in greenhouse gas emissions from cars since 2011, when the first version of the Climate Change Plan was published.
What might the Internal Market Bill mean for Scotland’s regulatory standards?
Reading Time: 7 minutes The Scottish Parliament will vote on a motion on whether or not to consent to the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill on 7 October 2020. This blog outlines some of the views of organisations in Scotland on the Bill and provides some examples of how the provisions of the Bill might affect different policy sectors.
Pharmaceuticals in the environment: Introduction and cross-sector partnership addressing the issue in Scotland
Reading Time: 5 minutes A guest blog on pharmaceutical pollution and potential implications for the environment and human health in Scotland.
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.