Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland
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Justice for people and the environment. ercs.scot
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Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland
Just Fair
9 days ago
🌎 A healthy planet is a human right. The UN has now made it clear: there's no social justice on a dying planet. Our joint blog w/
@foeint.bsky.social
@opportunitygreen.org
@ercscot.bsky.social
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@koldocasla.bsky.social
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A healthy planet, a fair society: new UN guidance links human rights and the environment | Just Fair
In December 2024, Just Fair co-ordinated a joint response from members of the UK ESCR Network to a call for evidence from the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (the Committee) on su...
https://justfair.org.uk/a-healthy-planet-a-fair-society-new-un-guidance-links-human-rights-and-the-environment/
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Scottish Environment LINK
17 days ago
It’s hard to imagine a more important task than restoring nature, which sustains our very lives and is our only home. By supporting real action through the Natural Environment Bill, our politicians can show us that at last they’re starting to make nature a priority.
www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
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We need legally-binding targets to drive Scotland's nature recovery
We know that Scotland’s nature is in serious trouble - but we know how to fix it
https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/we-need-legally-binding-targets-to-drive-scotlands-nature-recovery-5368253
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A month ago, we gathered with friends and colleagues to celebrate ERCS's fifth birthday - and share our plans for the future. Read more in our blog:
www.ercs.scot/news/celebra...
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ERCS today launches our new Advocacy Manifesto, offering a route map for political parties to protect human rights, improve access to justice and strengthen environmental governance. Read more:
www.ercs.scot/news/ercs-ad...
#advocacy
#environmentalrights
#lawreform
#accesstojustice
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Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland
Scottish Environment LINK
about 1 month ago
We're pleased that the
@parliament.scot
Rural Affairs and Islands Committee has backed proposals in the Natural Environment Bill to introduce statutory targets to restore nature. Nature targets are a key demand of our Scotland Loves Nature campaign. Read more:
www.scotlink.org/msps-back-na...
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Scottish Environment LINK
2 months ago
🚨BILLBOARD MESSAGE DEMANDS MSPS ACT NOW TO SAVE NATURE 🚨 A pair of billboards appeared on Edinburgh’s busy Market Street today with an urgent message for Scotland’s MSPs. With 1 in 9 species in Scotland at risk of extinction, MSPs must act now!
www.scotlandlovesnature.scot/billboard-me...
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We have had 500 enquiries to ERCS's free legal advice service! Read our snapshot to see who, where and what environmental issues people in Scotland are seeking legal advice on. Snapshot of advice service – 500 enquiries
www.ercs.scot/resources/sn...
2 months ago
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Last month, Juliet Swann joined our webinar to speak about how Scotland's lobbying laws could be strengthened - looking forward to continuing the conversation at this event next week. Sign up:
www.transparency.org.uk/events/lobby...
Our webinar on lobbying:
www.ercs.scot/news/lobbyin...
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2 months ago
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Last week, we joined
#FoP2025
to discuss environmental justice. Thank you to all the brilliant speakers and organisers! We left reflecting on how much people care about their environment & the growing awareness that we need better accountability from public bodies to hold polluters to account.
2 months ago
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Join us tomorrow at the Scottish Parliament's Festival of Politics, where our Chief Officer Dr Shivali Fifield will speak as part of a panel on environmental justice and the law. > When: Wednesday 20 August, 10:30-11:45am > Where: The Scottish Parliament > Tickets:
tikt.link/environmenta...
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Who gets a say? Environmental justice and the law - Buy tickets
Explore how the law can give people more power and a greater say in environmental decisions.
https://tikt.link/environmentaljustice
3 months ago
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The Climate Action Leadership Programme is a great opportunity for young people in Scotland to build skills around climate leadership and action - and completely free. You still have time to apply, find out more here 👇🏽
www.2050.scot/calp
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3 months ago
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Last week, the International Court of Justice issued a landmark Advisory Opinion on States' obligations regarding climate change. This was a pivotal moment for all those seeking to uphold the right to a healthy environment - but what does it mean for Scotland? Read our blog:
tinyurl.com/2z2u9a5x
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Today's ruling by the International Court of Justice confirms our right to a healthy environment, as "a precondition for the enjoyment of many human rights, such as the right to life".
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Healthy environment a human right, UN court says in landmark climate ruling
Court’s decision expected to be used in future litigation and to support political negotiations by vulnerable states
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/23/healthy-environment-is-a-human-right-top-un-court-rules
4 months ago
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Amanda Grimm
4 months ago
This is one of my pet peeves. And for good reason! It's completely unnecessary and damaging to health and the environment. Thanks
@ercscot.bsky.social
for taking action on this. 💚
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We are calling on the Scottish Government to strengthen the ban on engine idling, which releases toxic exhaust fumes into the air. So far they've refused - but change is in the air. Read more:
www.ercs.scot/blog/you-mus..
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#pollution
#campaigns
#publichealth
#airquality
4 months ago
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In ERCS's June newsletter, our Chief Officer Shivali Fifield writes about how we can stand up to the bullies. Read the newsletter:
www.ercs.scot/news/ercs-ju...
Sign up to our mailing list:
www.ercs.scot/mailing-list/
4 months ago
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Our webinar on lobbying is happening next week! Join us to find out how we can enforce the Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016 and create more transparency and accountability about political lobbying. Book:
www.ercs.scot/news/lobbyin...
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5 months ago
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Despite opposition from the UK, the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee has decided that our formal complaint about the Scottish Civil Justice Council is admissible. We hope that the UK will now respond to our concerns seriously. 🔗 Read update:
www.ercs.scot/news/complai...
5 months ago
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📣 Scotland Demands Better 📣 ERCS is backing Poverty Alliance's call.
#WeDemandBetter
investment for life's essentials - like affordable homes, good public transport, a thriving natural environment, and strong public services.
www.povertyalliance.org/scotland-dem...
5 months ago
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Powerful lobbyists oppose climate action - but we can use the law to bring this to light 🔎 Our new Guide explains how lobbying is regulated in Scotland, where to find information, and how to submit a complaint to the Ethical Standards Commissioner.
www.ercs.scot/resources/gu...
5 months ago
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A great event coming up organised by our friends at
@foescot.bsky.social
- not to be missed!
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5 months ago
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💧 New blog 💧 Bathing water designation came to our attention when we were contacted by the River Almond Action Group (RAAG). Over two years after our representation to Environmental Standards Scotland, bathing water designation remains murkier than ever … Read:
www.ercs.scot/news/bathing...
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Gill Steele
5 months ago
Worried about a new development under construction that appears to not be complying with its planning consent? I would say definitely report it to the local planning enforcement team. All regulator’s really rely on the public eyes on the development Excellent guide below 👇
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Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland
How can we use lobbying laws to challenge the influence of big businesses and wealthy individuals in politics? Join our webinar to hear about how our lobbying laws work and discuss whether they need to be strengthened to prevent corruption. 🗓️ 02/07, 3.30-5pm 🎟️ Book:
www.ercs.scot/news/lobbyin...
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Our guide to planning enforcement is out now! The guide is intended to help people to challenge breaches of planning controls & ensure conditions are met that protect the environment. Read now at:
www.ercs.scot/resources/gu...
#planning
#democracy
#publicparticipation
5 months ago
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Scottish Refugee Council invited ERCS to hear from 29 refugees and asylum seekers about their lived experiences of accessing greenspaces and healthy food. This was an additional piece to our Race & Right to a Healthy Environment work. Read here:
www.ercs.scot/news/race-th...
5 months ago
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As part of the Everyone’s Environment project, 13 charities wrote to the Scottish Government in April to call for a human rights-based approach to environmental policy. We were delighted to receive their response, which noted the Scottish Human Rights Bill. Read:
www.ercs.scot/resources/le...
5 months ago
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With the introduction of the Ecocide (Scotland) Bill, we are one step closer to a legal protection against reckless environmental destruction. Congratulations
@monicalennon.bsky.social
& thank you for your dedication - we’re excited to support this.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2519843...
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MSPs urged to 'seize historic opportunity' and back Ecocide Bill to jail polluters
Labour MSP Monica Lennon has tabled a Bill to criminalise ecocide in Scotland, with severe penalties for causing environmental harm
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25198436.scotland-become-first-uk-nation-criminalise-ecocide/
5 months ago
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How can we use lobbying laws to challenge the influence of big businesses and wealthy individuals in politics? Join our webinar to hear about how our lobbying laws work and discuss whether they need to be strengthened to prevent corruption. 🗓️ 02/07, 3.30-5pm 🎟️ Book:
www.ercs.scot/news/lobbyin...
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Right to a Healthy Environment at the CoE
6 months ago
Every day in Scotland & Europe, the right to a
#HealthyEnvironmentForAll
is violated—especially for communities in situations of marginalisation.
@ercscot.bsky.social
urges
@coe.int
States to urgently begin the legal protection of the right as a cornerstone of equality & non-discrimination!
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Woodland Trust Scotland
5 months ago
A coalition of charities has today written to the First Minister asking his government to stop
#FlamingoLand
going ahead at
#LochLomond
. Letter below. Please write to Ivan McKee (
[email protected]
) & ask him to stop this development going ahead. There's still time. ⬇️
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Guest blog: Why law students are challenging their future employers over the climate crisis. As part of the Fossil Free Law campaign launched by ERCS with law students across Scotland, two students explain why they are taking action. Read more:
tinyurl.com/38fezfjd
#FossilFreeLaw
#ClimateJustice
5 months ago
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Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland
Scottish Environment LINK
6 months ago
Stand Up for Nature! Scotland’s nature is struggling, but the Natural Environment Bill could be a turning point. We need to show MSPs that nature matters to Scotland’s people. 📆Thursday 12 June 🕒12:30-2pm 📍Scottish parliament Join the demo:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stand-up-f...
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📣 Our latest Voices for Justice piece: Here from Mark, who was concerned about the environmental harm of a local quarry and its storage and processing of incinerator waste, contaminating the adjacent forest.
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📷: Goathill Quarry by Mark
6 months ago
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Scottish Forestry decided not to require an Environmental Impact Assessment for a 1,000 acre plantation of mostly the invasive Sitka spruce in the Scottish Borders. Restore Nature is now fundraising to cover the legal expenses of challenging this in court:
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-todri...
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Save Todrig from Sitka spruce plantation
Campaigning to protect nature and communities around Todrig from proposed Sitka spruce plantations, and to save the Southern Uplands.
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-todrig-from-sitka-spruce-plantation-1#start
6 months ago
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In our latest long read, ERCS Legal Director Dr Ben Christman breaks down the failures of the Scottish Government’s review on environmental governance, in which they refused to strengthen environmental protections. Read:
www.ercs.scot/news/a-bit-o...
Subscribe:
www.ercs.scot/mailing-list/
6 months ago
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To tackle the environmental crises, we need policies that work for all Scots. We were delighted to be commissioned by Everyone's Environment to develop recommendations for making Scottish environmental policy more inclusive.
www.thinknpc.org/resource-hub...
@thinknpc.bsky.social
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Making environmental policy inclusive in Scotland - NPC
NPC and the Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland review current Scottish environmental policies and make recommendations for how Scottish policy can better reflect the needs of marginalised and…
https://www.thinknpc.org/resource-hub/environmental-policy-inclusive-Scotland
6 months ago
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📢 Scottish charities call on Holyrood to make environmental policies more inclusive With
#EveryonesEnvironment
, we wrote to Scottish Parties with recommendations to improve how environmental policies affect marginalised and disadvantaged groups in Scotland.
www.ercs.scot/news/scottis...
7 months ago
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🌎 Take action this
#EarthDay
Earth Day is about collective mobilising to protect our environment. Here are three actions you can take today in Scotland 🧵
#EarthActionDay
#OurPowerOurPlanet
#earthday2025
#collectiveaction
7 months ago
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Our April newsletter is here! 🟢 Increasing support for action to defend our environmental rights 🟢 Our latest long read on the failures of the Scottish Government's review of environmental governance 🟢 Campaign updates Read:
www.ercs.scot/resources/ap...
Subscribe:
www.ercs.scot/mailing-list/
7 months ago
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Why have newts and bats become public enemy number one? Last month, we held a webinar in response to the UK government's current hostility towards concerns about the environment and planning system. Clare from Planning Democracy wrote a summary of the conversation:
www.ercs.scot/news/defendi...
7 months ago
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🔎 Our updated guide on accessing environmental information is out now! Read about our rights around requesting information & how to appeal unsatisfactory responses - or no response at all. ➡️ Guide:
www.ercs.scot/resources/gu...
7 months ago
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Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland
Scottish Environment LINK
7 months ago
📰UK MINISTERS MUST NOT MISS CHANCE TO HEED DEVOLUTION📰 In today's The National, Scottish Environment LINK's
@danparis.bsky.social
sets out why the Internal Market Act has been so damaging to Scottish environmental policy, and the importance of rethinking it:
www.thenational.scot/politics/250...
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UK’s Internal Market Act scuppered Scotland’s bid to introduce deposit return scheme
WHEN Scotland votes in the Holyrood election next year, there will be voters casting their ballots who were born in 2010, when Scotland had its…
https://www.thenational.scot/politics/25066292.uk-ministers-must-not-miss-chance-heed-devolution/
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Earlier this month, the Scottish Parliament hosted a debate on the Aarhus Convention & access to environmental justice. It was a key step forward, with agreement on the need to reduce legal expenses & establish a specialist environment court. Read the highlights in our blog:
tinyurl.com/yykswemd
7 months ago
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What does decision-making informed by lived experience look like? D, a member of the Environmental Justice Network, wrote about their experience on the decision-making panel for the Independent Human Rights Fund for Scotland, hosted by
@corra.scot
. Read:
www.corra.scot/from-skye-to...
7 months ago
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Large tree plantations can significantly harm the environment. Yet, Scottish Forestry requires Environmental Impact Assessments for very few of them & is breaching legal transparency duties. Read full article by
@vickyallan.bsky.social
on the Herald:
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2506373...
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Call to halt huge Scottish Borders tree planting scheme
A Scottish Borders community council has called for the halting of a proposed giant tree-planting scheme and echoed other community groups in…
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25063736.sitka-schemes-created-almost-stealth-scottish-borders/
7 months ago
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Environmental justice is a health issue. Watch the film from our community partners on Race & the Right to a Healthy Environment on their lived experiences of accessing greenspace & healthy and sustainable food:
youtu.be/IxDClrhw_G8?...
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Lived experiences on access to greenspace and healthy and sustainable food
YouTube video by Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland
https://youtu.be/IxDClrhw_G8?feature=shared
7 months ago
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Last chance to book for tomorrow! Come discuss how we can stand up for our environmental rights & nature against the deregulatory, growth-at-all-costs agenda 👇🏽
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8 months ago
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Future Economy Scotland
8 months ago
On 25 March our co-director
@lmacfarlane.bsky.social
will be speaking on a webinar discussing ‘Defending Environmental Democracy’ with a range of other fantastic speakers Find out more and sign up below 👇
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How did bats become public enemy number one? Important read by
@batconservation.bsky.social
. Come continue the discussion at our webinar on Tuesday 25 March on how we can respond to the hostility towards planning & environmental concerns. Book:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/defending-...
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8 months ago
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