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25 Sep 2023

Scotland’s Crisis Support in South Sudan
Diyaara in Wajir, Kenya

25 Sep 2023

Dozens died in drought-hit African region as Sunak gave his speech
An overhead shot of a flooded village is southeast Asia. Text reads 'Every ton of carbon we don't emit increased the chances of a livable planet.'

20 Sep 2023

UK Government climate U-turn ‘beggars belief’
Image of smoking chimneys with text layered over and behind saying it's time to make polluters pay for the climate crisis

18 Sep 2023

Transition to net-zero will be expensive, so the big polluters need to pay up
Text reads: The First Minister must act to make polluters pay

18 Sep 2023

First Minister’s climate credibility is on a knife edge: he must act to make polluters pay
Illustration of woman holding sign saying People and Planet over profit

18 Sep 2023

Fair taxes on the UK’s biggest polluters could have paid for significant expansion in free bus travel in Scotland
An alarm clock. Text reads 'We can't press snooze on common sense tax reforms to help deliver a fairer and greener Scotland'

13 Sep 2023

Fair tax changes in Scotland could boost spending on key national priorities by hundreds of millions per year, say campaigners
Headshot of Ruth MacGilp

31 Aug 2023

I was a fast fashion addict. Here’s why I kicked my habit and how you can do the same

30 Aug 2023

Buying second-hand fashion would prevent the equivalent emissions of flying around the world 17,000 times

19 Aug 2023

Humanitarian crises must not be ignored

17 Aug 2023

Women will suffer more due to climate crisis – unless Holyrood steps up

3 Aug 2023

Almost two-thirds of women’s working hours excluded from GDP globally