The recent publication by the Scottish Government of the Climate Change Plan 2018-2032 Update is an opportunity to reframe policy and action in light of new understanding about the climate emergency and renewed commitment to creating a green, inclusive economy addressing the impacts of the Covid pandemic.
A series of guides and films to encourage increased responsible foraging in Scotland has been launched by LEADER, following the successful Foraging Fortnight project.
14 December saw the publication of the Scottish Government’s Scottish Biodiversity Strategy post-2020: statement of intent. This document signals the Government’s ambitions for Scotland, in tackling the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss and sets out how those ambitions will be translated into Scotland’s post-2020 biodiversity strategy and delivery plan.
Increasing woodland cover – carbon capture and so much more.
What better time to review the scale of delivery to date and to highlight the ways in which the Green Action Trust is driving forward the delivery of the CSGN both through direct delivery and by supporting partner organisations.
Landscape and Place for Success - A Call to Action
Scotland’s Landscape Alliance Online Event
Tuesday, 20th October 2020: 10.30am – 12.00pm
This online event will launch Scotland’s Landscape Alliance’s Landscape and Place for Success and the 3 detailed position statements that inform the recommendations to:
Scotland’s design agency, Architecture and Design Scotland, has published a report setting out how places across Scotland can tackle climate change, whilst improving the quality of life for the people living there.
The report which collates learning from a one-year pilot study, supported by the Scottish Government’s Climate Change Division, looks at changes that can be made to tackle climate change. The examples come from different scales – from an urban neighbourhood through to a rural community.
Derelict land is a wasted resource that should help to deliver national ambitions for a fair and green recovery, a national taskforce said today.
The Vacant and Derelict Land Taskforce has made a series of recommendations to Scottish Government which aim to transform Scotland’s approach to tackling the legacy of derelict land and ensure that it is no longer acceptable to allow land to fall into long term disrepair.