Climate change

The Heat in Buildings strategy, announced in 2021, is a key part of the Bute House power-sharing agreement between the SNP and Scottish Greens. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Westminster dragging of climate into culture war could cause ‘immense harm’

Irresponsible climate alarmism is leading politicians to make bad decisions Paul Wilson

The Petroineos oil refinery at Grangemouth is the second biggest climate polluter in Scotland, responsible for more than one million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions in 2022. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Oil refinery closure is bad for workers and the economy – is there an upside?

A hydrogen filled balloon is used to replicate the sun

Why low-carbon 'blue' hydrogen could solve decarbonisation dilemmas

Keir Starmer and Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar visited the St Fergus Gas Terminal in Aberdeenshire yesterday (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/PA)

Starmer's message to oil industry about net-zero is the right one

A flotilla of 1,000 paper boats, made from newspapers and magazines and carrying massages of climate hope, will be presented to politicians at Holyrood during the demonstration next week

Scotland’s Makar joins poetic protest at Holyrood, demanding climate action

The glass protecting the Rokeby Venus was shattered with safety hammers, the group claimed (Just Stop Oil/Supplied)

Just Stop Oil activists smash glass protecting Rokeby Venus

Most people know that sunshine makes us feel good, but there is public understand about the negative effects of a lack of it on some (Picture: Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) affects more people than you might think

Insurance industry knows the devastating truth about the cost of climate change Richard Dixon

The Planetary Boundaries Framework defines the nine key systems needed to support human life on earth and grades the state they are in - in 2023, six out of nine have breached their safe operating space

Everything you want to know about the end of the world – and how to stop it

Climate change: UK’s transport emissions jump to push up greenhouse gases total

Why the SNP must accept economic realities of Rishi Sunak's climate plans Brian Whittle

Last month was the hottest September on record globally, with "extraordinary" high temperatures in may places – the UK experienced a heatwave during the month, bringing the year's hottest day and an unexpected extension to summer for Britons. Picture: Getty Images

Records melt: 2023 set to be planet’s warmest year after record heat

An image of how a battery energy storage park might look.

Vast battery park could meet demands of all the homes in Edinburgh and Glasgow

Fish farming is worth around £885 million to the Scottish economy and ministers have set out ambitions to expand the industry, with a target to produce between 300,000 and 400,000 tonnes annually by 2030. Picture: Richard Johnson/Getty Images

Climate change blamed for high farmed salmon losses and fall in harvest

Wind farm turbines usually have three blades, each with a lifespan of about 20 or 25 years and weighing several tonnes. An increasing number will come to the end of their operational lifetime in coming years, posing the problem of what to do with them. Picture: Colin Hattersley

Blade runner: How a Scottish firm is creating new uses for old wind turbines

A vision of a net-zero world in 2050 and how we got there

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivered a speech on the plans for net-zero commitments in the briefing room at 10 Downing Street

Embarrassment for Sunak and Ross as Tory MSP rebels against PM's climate plans

First Minister Humza Yousaf and SNP Westminster Leader Stephen Flynn join SNP candidate for the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election Katy Loudon at Cambuslang Miners Monument in Cambuslang. Picture: Getty Images

Yousaf has ‘no intention to change’ key net zero targets

Lego has ditched plans to make bricks out of recycled bottles (BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images)

Lego scraps plans to make bricks out of recycled plastic bottles

Dear Rishi, net-zero technologies can help reduce the cost of living Christine Jardine

Suella Braverman has said the UK government does not want to "bankrupt" British citizens

Braverman's 'bankrupt' warning as Ford attacks Sunak climate rollback

Locals fear that visitors who come to Skye in droves to enjoy the Quiraing and other iconic scenery may stop coming if massive turbines dominate the landscape. Picture: Andrew Robinson

Should communities have power to veto new wind farms?

Railway staff and members of the public observe a minute’s silence at Glasgow's Queen Street Station a week after three people were killed when an Aberdeen to Glasgow train derailed on 12 August 2020, near Carmont, west of Stonehaven (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Climate change no excuse for failings that led to fatal Carmont train crash

Marine heatwaves can lead to coral bleaching and harms to ocean life – this picture was taken during an underwater survey in Australian waters in 2017. Picture: J Stella/Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

Ocean heatwaves like ones off Scotland's coast are ‘new normal’, scientists warn

A cyclist tops a hill on a hot day at sunset. The UN weather agency says Earth sweltered through the hottest summer ever as record heat in August capped a brutal, deadly three months in northern hemisphere. Picture: AP Photo/Eric Gay

Summer 2023 confirmed as world’s hottest on record

Few will have missed terrifying footage of deadly wildfires which have been raging across Europe, Canada and the US, turning towns, villages and landscapes to cinders and forcing local residents and holiday-makers to flee for their lives. Picture: Getty Images

Some like it hot: Will climate change spoil my holiday travel plans?

Despite having around a third of the UK's total landmass, Scotland is home to only around three per cent of its solar energy generation capacity. Picture: Getty Images

Why Scotland is lagging far behind England on solar power developments

Climate comedian Stuart Goldsmith has been playing to a packed room for his new show Spoilers at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, but he opted not to advertise the theme is climate change. Picture: Matt Crockett

Comedian Stuart Goldsmith reveals why his sell-out show has been a 'hard' gig

Imports of foods like olive oil, tomatoes, peppers, broccoli and lemons could be at risk due to the impacts of climate change in the Mediterranean region. Picture: Nick Ansell/PA Wire

Could climate change wipe our favourite Mediterranean foods off the menu?

The Scotsman: Starmer sets out hopeful vision that could be the antidote to popu...

The James Hutton Institute is researching the development of food crops resilient to climate change

Readers' letters: Cuts in funding to scientific research must be reversed

Rome burning in summer heat means fiddling over food emissions has to stop Philip Lymbery

In Iran, climate change is becoming a matter of life and death Struan Stevenson

Rishi Sunak speaks to the media during his visit to the Shell St Fergus gas plant in Aberdeenshire, where he announced funding for carbon capture and storage and his decision to issue new oil licences (Picture: Euan Duff/PA)

UK must win global race for investment to build a clean-energy future

Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations, has urged developed nations to reach net-zero carbon emissions by as close to 2040 as possible (Picture: John Minchillo-Pool/Getty Images)

Scotland should be first nation to heed UN’s call to reach net-zero by 2040

Light from the Bootleg wildfire near Bly, Oregon illuminates smoke in the sky (Picture: Payton Bruni/AFP via Getty Images)

Think climate change's a 'Third World' problem? Think again – Kenny MacAskill MP

The food sector accounts for about a fifth of Scotland's greenhouse gas emissions (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Why Scotland's farmers can and should go carbon neutral

The wildfires on Rhodes are a climate disaster that has prompted growing concern about the lack of effective action to tackle global warming. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Leaders under fire over climate action as world burns

Met Office warns 40C summers & extreme heat to become more common

Green policies are now up for debate following the Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election.

Analysis: Political parties unsure as cost of living battles climate crisis

Minister for Net Zero and Just Transition Mairi McAllan gave evidence to the net zero committee on Tuesday

Concerns daelling of A96 could be cancelled by climate targets

A wildfire burns close to electricity pylons near Cannich in the Highlands in a sign of one of the direct threats that climate change will increasingly pose (Picture: FLS)

All political parties should commit to stopping new oil and gas projects in UK

VisitScotland’s Malcolm Roughead

Summer travel: VisitScotland’s Malcolm Roughead on driving growth in tourism

António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, has accused oil companies of trying to 'knee-cap' efforts to tackle climate change (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Oil firms must choose between joining climate fight or ceasing to exist

Climate change is not a 'left-wing issue' and the political right must engage with the reality of what is happening (Picture: David McNew/Getty Images)

Tories' new fondness for coal risks driving voters into arms of hard-left Greens

Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries