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Council leader Mark Findlater was branded ‘a village fool’ at the meeting.

People Aberdeenshire Council leader branded 'village fool' at meetng

Wildfires, like this one in Madera County, California, are just one of an array of threats that are getting worse because of climate change (Picture: Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)

Columnists World may be sleepwalking to climate disaster but armed forces are wide awake

Environment Front lines: How Scottish literature can help fight the climate crisis

Columnists COP27's nature-based solutions are not as nice as they sound – Dr Richard Dixon

Letters Readers' Letters: Scotland needs an independent Labour Party

Politics World on ‘highway to climate hell with foot on the accelerator’, UN head warns

Columnists Climate change is a growing storm on the horizon – Professor Len Shaffrey

Columnists Why management of shooting estates must change radically – Dr Richard Dixon

Columnists Every bit of global warming is making floods and droughts worse

Environment Greenland ice sheet may be more vulnerable to climate change, study finds

Columnists Oil and gas industry subsidies of more than £10 billion a year must end

Columnists UK needs to reduce production of fossil fuels, not increase it – Scotsman

Columnists Potentially catastrophic sea level rise can still be avoided

Columnists World just missed a deadline for more action on climate change agreed at COP26

Environment Why climate change is facing an 'attention crisis'

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Columnists Why progress towards net-zero emissions is painfully slow – Dr Richard Dixon

Columnists Shipping's lack of action on carbon emissions will lead to a global crisis

Columnists Why King Charles should keep working on climate change – Scotsman comment

Environment Hot trends: Heatwaves, droughts and floods bring grim taster of climate future

Columnists Climate change can be defining issue of King Charles’s reign – Martyn McLaughlin

Columnists Climate change is making potentially deadly air pollution worse – Joseph Carter

Columnists Scotch whisky plans to hit net-zero carbon emissions by 2040 – Ivan Menezes

Columnists We've known about climate change since 1856. It's time to get to work

Politics Poll shows half of Scots don't think enough done to hit net zero targets

Columnists Antonio Guterres: As climate catastrophe hits Pakistan, your country may be next

Columnists Water is becoming an increasingly precious resource – Stephen Jardine

Columnists Why saving water even when it's not scarce is a good idea – Dr Richard Dixon

People Firefighters still battling wildfire which broke out three days ago

Columnists French wildfires show why heatwaves are no longer cause for celebration

Columnists Humanity is on a suicidal joyride to hothouse Earth – Professor Bill McGuire

Columnists Water of Leith is so low it looks like the river has stopped flowing

Environment US Senate passes key legislation aimed at tackling climate change

Columnists Farming subsidies can fund damage to nature. That needs to change – Ruth Taylor

Columnists Economic case for fighting climate change is crystal clear – Scotsman comment

Columnists Heatwave forecasting shows how we’ve taken our eyes off the ocean

Columnists Why the Great British Summer is under threat – Scotsman comment

Columnists If you think heatwave was bad, it's only going to get worse for next 30 years

Columnists Record-breaking UK heatwave should make us fear for countries closer to equator

Columnists Tory leadership race offers little hope in tackling climate crisis

Columnists Standard of “informed consent” could reduce carbon emissions in healthcare - Cri...

Environment The Scot leading the fight to protect wildlife in Malaysia

Opinion The world is ending so just enjoy the sun before the climate crisis takes us all

Columnists Deadly heatwave should remind Tory leadership candidates of climate emergency

Columnists Climate change is a serious threat but also an opportunity – Bob Downes, Sepa

Columnists Bogus carbon accounting is damaging UK's fight against climate change

Columnists If Scotland is to be net-zero by 2045, how can it allow new gas power plants?

Columnists Staggering 1.5 metres of rain in 24 hours is warning we cannot ignore – Scotsman

Columnists Why home insulation should be a great national crusade – Brian Wilson

Columnists How the UK is failing to cut carbon emissions quickly enough – Andrew Midgley

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Columnists Thirty years on from Rio Earth Summit, did it actually achieve anything?

Columnists Water shortage fears are yet another warning about climate change

Columnists Beware politicians who pay lip-service to climate change – Joyce McMillan

Environment Failure to act on climate would be 'monstrous act of self-harm': Sharma

Columnists How Scotland can rebuild its steel industry and cut carbon emissions

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