We the undersigned write to express our support for Scotland’s Climate Assembly and the recommendations for action it has submitted to the Scottish Government and Scottish Parliament.
The Assembly’s recommendations and conclusions are innovative and ambitious. They are also realistic and achievable – as long as they are matched by political will. Scotland now has a mandate from its people to provide genuine global leadership on climate change.
As the Assembly makes clear, the climate emergency affects all of us and requires immediate action from government, industry, NGOs, CSOs and communities across Scottish society.
Through the Climate Assembly, ordinary people from across the country have laid the foundations of a strategic vision and urgent plan of action for Scotland to deliver on its climate change commitments. Policy-makers need to take heed of both the Assembly’s specific recommendations and the spirit of their report. Clarity on a national strategy that delivers on the Climate Assembly’s level of ambition will make all the difference.
The Assembly, with over 100 members, found common ground for both driving cuts in emissions and adapting to a changing climate - despite coming from diverse backgrounds and holding different views. This charter shows there is a groundswell of support across the country for the actions the Assembly has proposed.
As the Assembly said in their Statement of Ambition, “As a nation we have the opportunity to be pioneers, by taking immediate action to empower our next generations to lead sustainable lives by setting up the framework now.”
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Signatories
University of Aberdeen
Arran Eco Savvy
Association for the Protection of Rural Scotland
Biosphere Research Institute
Centre for Climate Justice
Changeworks
Children's Parliament
Citizens' Climate Europe
Citizens' Climate Lobby
The Cockburn Association
Common Weal
Community Land Scotland
Community Resources Network Scotland
Community Transport Association
Corra Foundation
Creative Carbon Scotland
Culture for Climate Scotland
Cycling Scotland
Ecotricity
The City of Edinburgh Council
Edinburgh Climate Change Institute
Edinburgh Futures Institute
Edinburgh Remakery
Electoral Reform Society Scotland
Energy Action Scotland
Energy Agency
The European Nature Trust
Existing Homes Alliance
Faith for the Climate
Flight Free UK
Forum for the Future
Futures & Analytics Research Hub
Get Glasgow Moving
Greater Govanhill Community Magazine
Greencity Wholefoods
Iona Community
John Muir Trust
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Keep Scotland Beautiful
KOMPAN Scotland
Living Streets Scotland
Marine Conservation Society
Merchiston Community Council
Mikebarryeco
Nairn River Enterprise
National Express
National Galleries of Scotland
North Edinburgh Arts
Open Aye CIC
Open Seas
Oxfam Scotland
Pengwern Associates
Place-Based Climate Action Network
Play Scotland
The Poverty Alliance
Reforesting Scotland
Rock Rose Gin
The RSA (The royal society for arts, manufactures and commerce) Scotland
Scotland: The Big Picture
Scotland's Towns Partnership
Scottish Council for Development and Industry
Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations
Scottish Environment LINK
Scottish Federation of Housing Associations
Scottish Wild Beaver Group
Scottish Wildlife Trust
Skye Climate Action
Slow Food Scotland
Social Bite
Soil Association
Sortition Foundation
South Seeds
Space
SURF - Scotland's Regeneration Forum
Surfers Against Sewage
Thurso Community Development Trust
Transition Black Isle
Transition Edinburgh
Wellbeing Economy Alliance Scotland
Wild Planet Explorers
Woodland Trust Scotland
WWF Scotland
Mike Barry
Director, Mikebarryeco
Claudia Beamish
Chris Birt
Associate Director for Scotland, Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Professor Iain Black
Professor of Sustainable Consumption,
University of Stirling
Professor Sarah Bridle
Professor of Food, Climate and Society,
University of York
Ariane Burgess MSP
Finlay Carson MSP
Maggie Chapman MSP
Katy Clark MSP
Michael Cook
CEO, Community Resources Network Scotland
Jamie Cooke
Head of The RSA (The royal society for arts, manufactures and commerce) Scotland
Dr Megan Crawford
Director, Futures & Analytics Research Hub,
Lecturer in Data Science, Edinburgh Napier University
Dr Kate Crowley
Lecturer in Climate Risk and Resilience,
University of Edinburgh
Dr Craig Dalzell
Head of Policy and Research,
Common Weal
Dr Oliver Escobar
Academic Lead on Democratic Innovation,
Edinburgh Futures Institute
Senior Lecturer in Public Policy,
Edinburgh University
Liam Fowley
MSYP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley
Anna Fowlie
Chief Executive,
Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations
Ruth Harvey
Leader, Iona Community
Neil Hay
Chief Executive, Space
Stuart Hay
Director, Living Streets Scotland
Professor Tahseen Jafry
Director, Centre for Climate Justice
Kathleen Jamie
Scotland's Makar
Kirsten Leggatt
Monica Lennon MSP
Josh Littlejohn
Co-founder, Social Bite
Gillian Mackay MSP
Jenny Marr
Scotland's Climate Assembly Stewarding Group
Andrew McCornick
Former President NFUS
Val McDermid
Paul McLennan MSP
Laura Moodie
Scotland's Climate Assembly Stewarding Group
Chris Morgan
Director, John Gilbert Architects
Daisy Narayanan
The City of Edinburgh Council
Jimmy Paul
Director, Wellbeing Economy Alliance Scotland
Phil Prentice
Chief Officer, Scotland's Towns Partnership
Professor Dave Reay
Chair in Carbon Management and Education,
University of Edinburgh
Executive Director,
Edinburgh Climate Change Institute
Mike Robinson
Chief Executive, Royal Scottish Geographical Society
Mark Ruskell MSP
Professor Pete Smith
Chair in Plant and Soil Science,
University of Aberdeen
David Somervell
Convener, Transition Edinburgh
Professor Julia Steinberger
Professor of Social Ecology & Ecological Economics,
University of Leeds
Professor Iain Stewart
Communications Lead, Scotland’s Climate Assembly
Professor of Geoscience Communication, University of Plymouth
Professor Jane Suiter
Professor of Political Communication,
Dublin City University
Paul Sweeney MSP
Sara Thiam
CEO, Scottish Council for Development and Industry
Mercedes Villalba MSP
John Ward
Founder and Managing Director,
Pengwern Associates
Professor Chris Warhurst
Director, Institute for Employment Research,
University of Warwick
Professor Jan Webb
Professor of Sociology of Organisations,
University of Edinburgh
Kate Wimpress
Director, North Edinburgh Arts