Environment Archives

Reality and Delivery: Achieving Net Zero in Scotland’s Homes

To mee our ambition to hit net zero by 2045, Scotland needs a plan. The task of decarbonising home heating is especially difficult. Our new paper proposes the creation of UK-Scottish Govt Project Delivery Taskforce to do so.

Climate Change Needs Joint Action

To cut to the chase, neither Scotland nor the UK as a whole has much chance of meeting its 2030 or 2045 or 2050 targets on climate change unless we see the UK government and the devolved nations working together on a shared plan.

Brown Backs Plan For “North Sea 2”

Press Release: OSF report backs new North Sea grid linking offshore wind network to guarantee future for Scottish energy industry.

Scotland can lead UK “rewiring” plan

Press Release: Rewiring Britain, How Scotland Can Build The New National Grid

Sunak’s Retreat Shows Why We Need A UK Net Zero Task Force

The greatest missing element – in both Mr Sunak’s plan and the incredibly ambitious proposals set out by Mr Yousaf – is a comprehensive plan to deliver Net Zero

Our First Millennial PM Is Risking Our Future

Sunak has decided on taking swing after desperate swing at the hitherto strong cross party and cross generational consensus that we should do whatever we can to reach net zero

Home Heating task force needed to reach Net Zero

Press Release: Only a nationwide task force can help Holyrood reach its Net Zero goal by 2045.

The Tricky Politics of Net Zero

Our weekly newsletter. This week: the politics of Net Zero and how Scotland could rejoin the EU.

Pump Up The Volume

Patrick Harvie’s plan to boost heat pump use is right – but the SNP-Green government is failing to deliver because of bad policy implementation, writes Dr Peter Wood.

One Too Many

It is time that all the devolved Governments worked together to achieve a joined up Deposit Return Scheme.