Reading Time: 4 minutes This blog looks at how Scotland is performing against the 81 National Indicators in the National Performance Framework.
Tag: International
New UK trade agreements – an introduction
Reading Time: 7 minutes Following the UK’s departure from the EU, the UK Government has the power to seek to negotiate and conclude its own trade deals. This blog explains what trade agreements are, how they are made, and sets out the current state of play of the UK’s trade agreement negotiations.
Guest Blog: Mapping alignment with EU Law
Reading Time: 5 minutes This guest blog by Lisa Claire Whitten summarises her research for the Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee mapping alignment with EU law since the UK’s departure from the EU.
The continuing challenge of scrutinising alignment with EU law
Reading Time: 5 minutes This blog focuses on the importance of tracking EU law to inform scrutiny of alignment decisions, along with the Scottish Government’s latest draft annual report on its use of the “keeping pace” power in the Continuity Act.
What happened at COP27
Reading Time: 5 minutes This blog summarises some of the key issues from this year’s COP in Egypt
Climate finance: generating the funds needed to address climate change
Reading Time: 4 minutes With COP27 about to end this blog sets out some of the key issues relating to how the actions needed in response to climate change might be funded.
What is Loss and Damage and why does it matter?
Reading Time: 5 minutes One of the key sticking points in negotiations, and ultimately unresolved issues from the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow was the issue
What to expect at COP27
Reading Time: 3 minutes This 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 minutes This blog recaps on COP26 in Glasgow last year and considers some of the important developments affecting climate change negotiations since then.
Displaced Ukrainians in Scotland – seven months on
Reading Time: 8 minutes A look at the Scottish Government’s involvement in the Homes for Ukraine Scheme six months after it was established.