Category: Climate
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4 things we learned from our poll on the environment and the election
LINK recently published new research by Diffley Partnership examining how environmental issues might influence next year’s Holyrood election. Here are 4 things we learned from the poll.
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Take the environment seriously if you have your eyes on Bute House
First published in the National on 11th October WITH the SNP gathering in Aberdeen for their conference this weekend, all attention will be on next year’s Holyrood election. The sense of invincibility that surrounded the party for so long was punctured by Labour’s victory in the 2024 General Election, which seemed to clear Anas Sarwar’s path…
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Every part of the UK has a pro-climate majority. So why does our politics feel so weird?
New research shows a clear pro-climate majority in every UK local authority. But does this feel reflected in our media and political debate?
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How did a conspiracy theory become government policy… and should we worry?
One of the most curious government announcements of late was UK Transport Secretary Mark Harper’s pledge to “stop the misuse of 15 minute cities” where “local councils can decide how often you go to the shops”. 15 minute cities – known in Scotland as ’20 minute neighbourhoods’ – are an urban planning approach intended to…
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Politicians are underestimating how popular environmental policies are
Would the public support a new wind farm being built on their doorstep? According to MPs, no. A survey of MPs last year found that they were twice as likely to think their constituents would oppose a wind development (43%) than support it (19%). Yet when you ask the public themselves you get a dramatically different answer. More…
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Climate change: Scottish farming needs help to reduce its stubbornly high greenhouse gas emissions
First published in the Scotsman. There was good news and bad news in Scotland’s latest climate emissions statistics, published last week. The good news is that our emissions have fallen significantly over the past decades, down nearly 50 per cent since 1990. The bad news is that we missed our 2021 target, meaning we have even…
Dan Paris 