Tags - Climate change

Fifty per cent of future farming subsidies should be ‘unconditional’ in order to maintain food security and thriving production in Scotland.

Scottish Land & Estates, the rural business organisation...

In this blog, our Regional Support Officer for Dumfries & Galloway, Tracey Roan, recounts a visit to Arbigland Estate on 22 February 2022, the location for the first in person meeting of the Dumfries...

In his latest blog, our Policy Adviser Paul Richardson has produced a summary of the Climate Change Committee’s briefing note ‘COP26: Key outcomes and next steps for the UK’.

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Tools to tackle climate change – not simply setting new targets – must be delivered quickly if rural Scotland is to fulfil its role in helping the planet avoid environmental catastrophe.

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Scotland’s farms and estates are intent on tackling the twin threats of climate change and biodiversity loss, a European-wide congress is to be told today (Thursday).

Wildlife Estates, a best...

As we approach our flagship Annual Conference the Business of Climate Change, sponsored by Barclays, on 29 September 2021, we caught up with our two keynote speakers, Professor Dieter Helm from Oxford...

In this blog Paul Richardson, our Policy Adviser (Agriculture & Climate Change), summarises information on the newly published United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report.

The I...

Paul Richardson, Policy Adviser (Agriculture and Climate Change) at Scottish Land and Estates, provides a summary of the Indicative Nationally Determined Contributions, published by Scottish...

As momentum continues to build in the run up to COP26, our Policy Adviser (Agriculture and Climate Change) Paul Richardson provides a bit of background to the conference.

COP stands for Conference...

Cardney Estate is a microcosm of Scotland and an exemplar of rural diversification. The estate has transformed from a purely sporting one to now hosting high quality weddings and events, practicing...

Commenting on the report from Scotland’s Climate Assembly which sets out 81 recommendations to help tackle the climate emergency, Stephen Young, Head of Policy at Scottish Land & Estates (SLE), the...

Scottish Land & Estates, the rural business organisation, has said communities are vital in supporting Scotland’s climate change response.

The organisation made the comments in response to a new...