February 10, 2022
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January 21, 2022
ArticlesFinal Weekend of Scotland’s Climate Assembly to Steer Country’s Climate Policy Future
Scotland’s Climate Assembly members are getting ready to come back together for an eighth and final weekend, ten months after they last met to determine how Scotland should change to tackle the climate emergency in an effective and fair way.
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December 13, 2021
ArticlesHow Transparency, Accountability and Public Involvement Can Help Deliver Climate Action
The event ‘How Open Government Principles can help deliver Climate Action’, held at the Nordic Pavilion and in partnership with the Open Government Partnership (OGP), brought together Ministers from around the globe to emphasise the importance of transparency, accountability and public involvement in enabling climate action, and to take questions from Scotland’s Climate Assembly and the Children’s Parliament.Read more
December 8, 2021
ArticlesPower to the People: Using public dialogues to keep 1.5°C alive
Speaking at a COP 26 event on 11 November in WWF’s Pandahub on “using public dialogues to keep 1.5 alive”, Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport Michael Matheson MSP announced funding for a new network of resource libraries in response to a recommendation of Scotland’s Climate Assembly and the Children’s Parliament.Read more
December 2, 2021
ArticlesComparing Notes and Envisioning the Future
COP 26: On October 5th, members from the Global Assembly and Glasgow Citizens’ Assembly on the Climate Emergency, along with members from Scotland’s Climate Assembly and the French Citizens’ Convention on Climate met to discuss their experiences and expectations on how their work and recommendations should be used.Read more
December 1, 2021
ArticlesA Positive Legacy Will Galvanize Generations to Come
The voices of Scotland's young climate activists should bring a sense of urgency to Holyrood's efforts in cutting emissions, writes Ruth Harvey, co-convenor of Scotland's Climate Assembly in the Herald. We have officially reached “code red for humanity”. The Glasgow Climate Pact agreed at COP26 last month is a small step in the right direction. But we need to move much further and much faster to meet this critical moment.Read more
December 1, 2021
ArticlesMember Blog: Hope from Despair
This is the first in a series of blog posts from members of Scotland's Climate Assembly to showcase how individuals experienced being part of the process, and what they have done since. The assembly met for seven weekends from November 2021 - March 2021 and will be reconvening early next year to consider their next steps after hearing the Scottish Government's response to their recommendations.Read more
October 21, 2021
Press ReleasesScotland's Civic Charter on Climate Shows "Groundswell of Support Across the Country" ahead of COP 26 for Urgent Action
With just 10 days until the COP 26 climate conference opens in Glasgow, people and organisations from up and down the country have today backed big changes within Scotland to tackle the climate emergency. Scotland’s Civic Charter on Climate is a landmark document signed by the likes of the University of Aberdeen, City of Edinburgh Council, Oxfam Scotland, Iona Community, John Muir Trust, Rock Rose Gin, National Express, Scotland’s national makar Kathleen Jamie, and bestselling crime writer Val McDermid.Read more
July 8, 2021
ArticlesGuest Blog: Joyce MacMillan, columnist and theatre critic, reflects on the role of the cultural sector on tackling climate change
Joyce McMillan wrote this guest blog in response to an event organised by Culture for Climate Scotland and Scotland's Climate Assembly, which took place on 29th June 2021. Illustrations were produced during the event, to document the ideas from speakers and breakout room discussions, by live illustrators Rosie Cunningham, Jenny Capon, Jules Scheele and Alice Dansey-Wright.Read more
June 23, 2021
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