Scotland will host a series of high-profile talks with representatives of the Global South in the run-up to the UN climate conference COP26 in Glasgow. The Glasgow Climate Dialogues will give policymakers and civil society members in Scotland the chance to hear directly from people living in some of the countries that are severely impacted […]
COP26: the most exclusive “inclusive” COP so far?
After implementing an application process for COP26 delegates to apply for Covid-19 vaccinations, one could have been misled into believing that the UK government would do anything to achieve the “most inclusive [COP] ever” – a bold statement amidst a pandemic to begin with, and an even bolder one now as we find ourselves in September and past the threshold of potential ‘full’ vaccinations for delegates.
The Scottish Government releases climate plan publication
Group of charities welcome Scottish Government’s publication of climate plans ‒ but urge stronger, faster action overall. Today, 23/07/2021, the Scottish Government has published a snapshot of its existing climate policy in an indicative Nationally Determined Contribution (iNDC), ahead of the UN climate conference COP26 due this November in Glasgow. Scotland is not a party […]
End the debt trap and cancel Zambia’s debt
Even before Covid-19, the debt burden of poorer countries was increasing, with 64 poorer countries spending more money on debt repayments than healthcare in early 2020. Since 2010, average debt repayments by global south governments have increased by 85 per cent. Over many years, debt campaigners in all parts of the world have called on […]
COP 26 – Glasgow 2021
The Conference of Parties, or COP, is the decision-making body in charge of monitoring and reviewing the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change’s implementation, with the goal of “stabilizing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.” COP meetings happen annually and bring together […]
Climate Scotland
Jubilee Scotland is one of the many organisations that support the Climate Scotland campaign! This campaign is focused on demonstrating to leaders of the country that many people in Scotland want strong and meaningful action to tackle the climate and nature emergency. Climate Scotland is a partnership campaign of over 20 organisations (and counting), bringing […]
Share, Show, Shout for Climate Justice
This year, we learned a lot about the social costs of the pandemic, such as health disparities between social groups, the vastly different experiences of COVID and the impact of lockdown by class, gender, and ethnicity, and what society might look like after the pandemic. Issues that have long been the focus of sociologists and […]