Reading Time: 6 minutes A look at how the Parliament and Government/Executive have approached climate change and the oil industry.
Tag: Energy
A (woolly) mammoth task? The Climate Change Bill before Stage 3
Reading Time: 5 minutes What’s in the Climate Bill? On 25 September 2019, the Scottish Parliament will consider the Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) Scotland Bill at Stage 3.
What do the latest HMRC Regional Trade Statistics tell us about exports of Scottish goods? (Q1 2019)
Reading Time: 4 minutes A look at the latest Regional Trade Statistics from HMRC.
The EU Emissions Trading Scheme and Brexit
Reading Time: 4 minutes Introduction 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 minutes Introduction 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
Guest blog – A Scottish Publicly Owned Energy Company?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Ragne Low from the Centre for Energy Policy at the University of Strathclyde presents a scoping note, commissioned by the Parliament’s Economy, Jobs and Fair
The New Climate Change Bill – A World Leading Ambition?
Reading Time: 5 minutes Last week (23rd May) the Scottish Government brought forward a Bill to keep Scotland at the “forefront of global ambition” on climate change. So, what
Guest Blog – The National Performance Framework
Reading Time: 4 minutes As with all guest blogs, what follows are the views of the author, Jennifer Wallace, Head of Policy at the Carnegie UK Trust, and not those
A Low Carbon Scotland – Progress, Plans and Paris
Reading Time: 3 minutes Next week the Scottish Government are due to publish their latest climate plan charting a path to cutting Scotland’s emissions over the next 15 years.
SPICe FAQ – Electric car charging
Reading Time: 3 minutes This is the first Enquiries FAQ post. FAQ posts will focus on issues that we receive regular enquiries on. A recent enquiry forwarded from a