Scotland’s draft Climate Change Plan is out. All the policies and promises in the world won’t mean anything without a serious injection of fair funding, fast. Time for Ministers to put pounds behind promises and show us the money. More ➡️ bit.ly/480tMxK

Our reaction to the new draft Climate Change Plan: major missed opportunities to reduce emissions in some of the most polluting sectors in ways that deliver meaningful improvements to the lives of people in Scotland. 👇 www.stopclimatechaos.scot/new-draft-cl...

#COP30: After years of missed targets, the Scottish Government must "double down and deliver" to maintain its reputation as a world leader on climate action. "A bold new Climate Change Plan is vital.” www.stopclimatechaos.scot/press-releas...

📢 40+ NGOs have written to the PM urging him to uphold the Aarhus Convention – the cornerstone of environmental justice The Convention protects your right to: ✅ Access environmental information ✅ Have a say in decisions that affect nature ✅ Seek environmental justice affordably

This is VERY good news - the massive loophole that allows grouse moor owners & their gamekeepers to avoid sanction for killing birds of prey is about to be closed. #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime Discussion at @revivecoalition.bsky.social conf this w/e raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/03/b...

ICYMI: Scotland's new Climate Change Plan is due out soon. What is it and why do we need it? SCCS policy adviser @lloydaustin3.bsky.social explains in the Sunday National www.thenational.scot/news/2558926...

Is Scotland's Natural Environment Bill a trick or a treat for nature? Yesterday MSPs backed legal targets to restore wildlife, and many called for Part 2 to be fixed. This is a once-in-a-generation chance to turn things around for nature - we must get it right.

Today at Scottish Parliament, MSPs debate the Natural Environment Bill. This morning LINK was outside with the #ScotlandLovesNature campaign, representing red squirrels, Scottish wildcats, puffins and bees. 🐿️🐝 This Bill is our VITAL chance for legally binding nature recovery targets. 🌿🐾 #savenature

Beavers have returned to Glen Affric, 400 years after their extinction in Scotland :beaver: A family of five beavers and a beaver pair were released last Friday at two sites on Loch Beinn a’ Mheadhoin in the Glen Affric National Nature Reserve 🦫 Full story 👇 treesforlife.org.uk/beavers-rele...

Scotland remains in breach of a United Nations (UN) environmental convention, a new report has found

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...

Really great discussion at SNP conference on climate and nature policy - Scotland needs strong leadership and a real focus on delivery in the next parliament.

Great to have a full house for our event at #SNP25 on credible climate and nature leadership with @alasdairallanmsp.bsky.social, @scotlink.bsky.social, @oxfamscotland.bsky.social and @climateoutreach.bsky.social

Scotland has everything it needs to win big from the energy transition: a proud industrial heritage, skilled energy workforce & world class renewable resources. As the 2026 elections approach, Uplift has developed our proposals for making energy work for Scotland: 🧵 www.upliftuk.org/post/make-en...

📢 Scotland demands better for people and planet! Join climate & nature groups at the #ScotlandDemandsBetter march Meet at 10am 25 Oct at the Amphitheatre by the Scottish Parliament (look out for the big red ‘system change not climate change’ banner!) www.scotland-demands-better.com/march-and-ra...

In Scotland we’re known for braving the cold, battling the wind and pretending it’s ‘taps aff’ weather at 12°C. But there’s one thing we won’t just tough out - losing Scotland’s wild places. It’s in our nature to act. Sign our petition and stand up for nature: www.wwf.org.uk/scotland/202... ✏️

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

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...

The next Scottish Government must take action to protect and restore the natural environment in the face of climate change and threats to biodiversity. Ahead of the Holyrood election next year, we've published a manifesto for nature. Read more: www.scotlink.org/manifesto-fo...

🚨Good to see today's committee report calling for major improvements to Scotland’s new nature law. Part 2 of the Natural Environment Bill could significantly weaken protections for Scotland’s wildlife – from seabird colonies at Bass Rock to Golden Eagles in the Cairngorms. It must be fixed!

Cloudy but dry & calm for a good walk around 'local patch' at Musselburgh. Long-staying Marsh sandpiper still present (3+ weeks now).

"Scotland’s future agri-environment schemes must be more ambitious, targeted, well-funded and widespread." This is "essential" to increase adoption of nature-based solutions by farmers and crofters. See the new blog by @scotwildlife.bsky.social scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/2025/09/natu...

What an incredible day at the mass climate lobby🧡 Over 250 people met 28 MSPs and shared their hopes for a fairer, safer, healthier world🌍 Together we showed that support for climate action is impossible to ignore 🙌 Photos: Colin Hattersley #ActNowChangeForever

Great to see FM @johnswinney.bsky.social field Qs as part of Scotland's biggest ever climate lobby. Asked about a Private Jet Tax (which could be done with devolved powers)... says he's "very sympathetic". Time to deliver! ✈️ @sccscot.bsky.social @oxfamscotland.bsky.social #ActNowChangeForever

Hundreds of people from the Highlands and Islands to the Borders are in Edinburgh meeting their MSPs to ask them to act with urgency to build a fairer, healthier, more stable and resilient future for everyone. #ActNowChangeForever

So powerful to see so many conversations about practical solutions to the climate crisis taking place with MSPs at the mass climate lobby in Edinburgh today. #ActNowChangeForever

@johnswinney.bsky.social attended our mass climate lobby and heard from his constituents about the need for action for a fairer, healthier, safer Scotland that plays its fair part to tackle the climate crisis.

Scotland’s biggest-ever climate lobby is happening today and we're there with @stopclimatechaos.bsky.social 🌍 500+ people, including some of YOU, are urging MSPs to deliver fast, fair climate action. Time to make the biggest polluters & the better off pay and invest in a greener, fairer Scotland.

Three in four Scots worry about climate change, and 2/3 want bold action. That's why this week, we're backing the @sccscot.bsky.social mass lobby of the Scottish Parliament. Hundreds of people are heading to Holyrood to tell MSPs: end the inertia, act fast, act fair. See you there? bit.ly/3IhI7fl

With the establishment of VSZs in Nepal and India, BirdLife and SAVE partners across Asia are supporting the future of vultures Read more about the ongoing importance of regulating veterinary drugs like diclofenac here: save-vultures.org/2025/09/new-...

Happy #InternationalVultureAwarenessDay Vultures are natures all-important clean-up crew, but in South Asia have hugely declined Find out how Saving Asia’s Vultures from Extinction (SAVE) partners are working to fix this 🌏 🪶 RSPB Species Spotlight: tinyurl.com/6mxxucf7

SCOTLAND'S MASS CLIMATE LOBBY: REGISTRATION CLOSED! We're delighted that hundreds of people are signed up to meet MSPs on 18 Sept and the event is at full capacity! Sorry if you missed out this time, but sign up for news to hear about future events here: www.stopclimatechaos.scot/get-sccs-upd...

Underestimating support for climate action limits political decision making, study says Research reveals huge disparity between perceived and actual willingness of public to contribute to fixing climate.

We've responded to the Net Zero committee call for views on the forthcoming draft Climate Change Plan. We shared policy priorities for each sector, and want to see specific, measurable outputs, expected climate outcomes and a timeframe for implementation. www.stopclimatechaos.scot/wp-content/u...

More than three years have passed since the UK Government announced that it would ban the sale of peat for gardening, yet official documentation is still to appear and peat extraction continues:

Conservative plan to extract every drop of North Sea oil & gas is "irresponsible and impractical". For a safe future, we can’t drill like there’s no tomorrow. www.stopclimatechaos.scot/sccs-respons...

📢Help save Coul Links! Once again, this beautiful place is threatened by plans for a golf course which would do irreparable damage to rare habitats and wildlife. 🌱🦆🐦🦋🪰 Join us in sending a message to Scottish Ministers to stand up for nature. Add your voice: action.rspb.org.uk/page/166270/...

🚨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...

Licence granted for historic return of #beavers to #GlenAffric 🦫 A family will be released into the #NationalNatureReserve, potentially this autumn, marking the first official release to the northwest #Highlands since the species was hunted to extinction in Scotland.

📄🌍New IEEP UK report on UK-EU environmental divergence since Brexit This morning, IEEP UK launched its annual ‘Divergence in UK/EU Environmental Policy: State of Play’ report, which tracks legislative divergence across nine different thematic policy areas since the UK left the EU.

Scottish Environment LINK: reflecting on the recent milestone of 50 members In July 2025, Scottish Environment LINK celebrated welcoming 50 members to the network. Started in 1987, LINK has continued to be the voice for Scotland's environment, amplifying member voices and ensuring the environment…

🌎 Recent rollbacks in Brazil, Ecuador & the US show how fragile environmental governance systems can be. 🍃 In this new @green-alliance.org.uk blog I look at how the UK can strengthen environmental protections to help them withstand changing political winds. greenallianceblog.org.uk/2025/08/06/t...

At Scottish Environment LINK we have been celebrating an important milestone - reaching 50 member organisations. In this blog, our Chief Executive speaks to various people involved in LINK since it began in 1987, who reflect on how far the organisation has come: www.scotlink.org/link-at-50-m...

In our response to the Net Zero committee call for views on carbon budgets we recommend they be approved, but note the slower than expected trajectory to net zero due to lack of action and urge scrutiny to avoid over reliance on unproven technologies. www.stopclimatechaos.scot/wp-content/u...

Over 250 people have signed up to meet their MSPs at our mass lobby on 18th September! We’ll be asking them to use all opportunities to act with urgency to build a fairer, healthier, more stable and resilient future for everyone. Find out more and sign up www.stopclimatechaos.scot/campaign/mas...

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

Scotland needs bolder leadership for nature and climate. On Thurs 18th Sept, join the mass lobby of the Scottish Parliament and call for fast, fair action that delivers for people and planet. 🌍✍️ Sign up: www.stopclimatechaos.scot/campaign/mas...

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/...

REACTION: Oxfam response to the ICJ advisory opinion on countries' climate change obligations Full reaction here: www.oxfam.org.uk/mc/2io7f7/

People across Scotland will be meeting their MSPs at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh on Thurs 18th Sept to call for urgent, fair climate action. Will you join them? 💚 📝 Sign up here: bit.ly/44TiTfB #ActNowChangeForever #MassLobby