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Glasgow City Chambers. The city is amongst areas in Scotland where university students have been left effectively homeless. Picture: PA

Former lord provost arrested by police on stalking charges

The UK's North Sea oil and gas industry is a mature one that is having to grapple with decommissioning and transition.

Scottish bishops call on SNP to back oil and gas 'rapid transition'

We must rewire our economy to tackle climate change Iain Gulland

First Minister John Swinney (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Analysis Scotland's embarrassing climate progress will silence SNP at COP29

Scots coffee roaster that survived two World Wars marks 160 years with huge eco-friendly transformation – complete with its own roasting-packing robot

Scots coffee firm survived war and has transformed factory with robot

Pictured L-R: Greg McDowall (Portobello Head Teacher), Luca Morrison (Portobello Head Boy), Martin Whitfield (MSP), Lola Sclater (Portobello Head Girl) and Jennifer Tempany (co-founder Powering Futures).

'Compelling' classroom challenge rolling out to 100 Scottish schools

After SNP's 17 years of failure on climate change, things are about to get worse Martyn McLaughlin

John Logie Baird – a Scot who helped ‘invent the modern world’ (Picture:Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Securing green finance won’t cost the Earth - Myrtle Dawes

An oil platform standing amongst other rigs that have been left in the Cromarty Firth near Invergordon in the Highlands of Scotland. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Senior Tory criticises Rishi Sunak's North Sea oil and gas licence plan

Lake Titicaca, South America’s largest freshwater lake, is in the grip of an unprecedented drought (Photo by AIZAR RALDES / AFP) (Photo by AIZAR RALDES/AFP via Getty Images)

Major oil producers at COP28 are stopping world from kicking fossil fuel habit

Delegates in the action zone at COP26 in Gasgow. Two years on, Scots are having an impacat at COP28 in Dubai (Picture:Paul Ellis/AFP via Getty Images)

Can Scotland produce its own climate tech titans? - Nick Freer

First Minister Humza Yousaf. Image: Lesley Martin/Press Association.

What is Humza Yousaf doing at COP28?

Rishi Sunak initially said he would not attend the COP27 climate summit last year. He is being urged to attend this year's event (Picture: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Sunak must join the countries calling for fossil fuels to be urgently phased out

Andrew Mouat (standing), head of smart mobility at Glasgow-based ScottishPower, with Dr Stephen Breslin, CEO at Glasgow Science Centre. Picture: Ian Georgeson

ScottishPower looks to create 'electric tourist trail' of car charging points

UK risks falling behind in the global race to net zero Rebecca Allison

A wildfire burns close to electricity pylons near Cannich in the Highlands in a sign of one of the direct threats that climate change will increasingly pose (Picture: FLS)

All political parties should commit to stopping new oil and gas projects in UK

Climate change is not a 'left-wing issue' and the political right must engage with the reality of what is happening (Picture: David McNew/Getty Images)

Tories' new fondness for coal risks driving voters into arms of hard-left Greens

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaking at London Technology Week at the QEII Centre in central London. Picture: Ian Vogler/Daily Mirror/PA Wire

Sunak accuses Johnson of 'not right' peerage demands as Tory civil war worsens

Swedish climate activist and author Greta Thunberg, who made rose to fame when she began skipping school as a 15-year-old to protest each week against inaction on climate targets outside Sweden's parliament. Picture: Kim Jakobsen To

Climate activist Greta Thunberg to star at Edinburgh International Book Festival

The City of Glasgow College aid it was a "sector leader in sustainability." Picture: Creative Commons

College which spent £250,000 on COP26 sees spike in emissions

The City of Glasgow College aid it was a "sector leader in sustainability." Picture: Creative Commons

College which spent £250,000 on COP26 sees spike in emissions

Edinburgh has stayed in the top spot of the Colliers ranking thanks to its appeal as a popular leisure destination and secure underlying market fundamentals for investors.

Edinburgh UK’s top spot for hotel development: two Scottish cities join top ten

A dead catfish lies on the dried-up bed of the River Agly in Rivesaltes, southwestern France last month (Picture: Raymond Roig/AFP via Getty Images)

Planet Earth is about to issue a climate warning we must heed – Scotsman comment

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King Charles rebuffs Heathrow Airport offer

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Maps show historical expected annual flood damage (EAD) in GBP billion at 2020 values, and calculated EAD percentage increase with 1.8 degrees global warming. (Credit: University of Bristol and Fathom)

Study shows impact further flooding could have on UK

In July, a wildfire destroyed several houses in Wennington, Greater London (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

UK's warmest year on record is another warning we must not miss – Scotsman

Head Ranger Scott Hendry

Ad Feature Scots mass-ownership firm to attract ‘citizen rewilders’ to tackle biodiversity

Wildfires, like this one in Madera County, California, are just one of an array of threats that are getting worse because of climate change (Picture: Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)

World may be sleepwalking to climate disaster but armed forces are wide awake

Martin Black started his new role at Hampden this week.

SFA appoints Black as new compliance officer

Marie Macklin and a delegation headed by Yoav Katsavoy, chairman of the Israel Electricity Authority, at the Halo campus during COP26. Picture: Jeff Holmes.

Halo Kilmarnock switches on global partnership with Israeli energy pioneer

The investment in new premises will allow global corporation Marubeni Europower to drive forward its work to support Scotland’s journey to net zero.

Japanese firm involved in Scottish green projects launches Glasgow base

Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri, heads the closing session of the COP27 climate conference

1.5C target on ‘life support’ after Cop27, says Alok Sharma

Ian Manson is chief executive of Clyde Gateway.

Regeneration innovation district first for Scotland - Ian Manson

Flooded school buildings in Sylhet, north-east Bangladesh, during the country’s worst floods in decades.

The seal has been broken on the push for a Climate Fund to pay for Loss and Dama...

The COP27 climate summit should make countries accountable for the promises they make (Picture: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

World cannot rely on 'goodwill' to honour climate pledges – Carly Munnelly

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrives for a meeting with Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates during the Cop27 summit at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.

What does COP stand for? What is COP27 and why does it matter?

Fears over climate change have grown amid warnings that world leaders should "panic" and "code red for humanity". Photo: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Leader: The global energy crisis and Cop27

We are risking irreversible loss of the Greenland and West Antarctic ice sheets – which together hold enough water to raise sea levels by over 10 metres, writes Professsor Tim Lenton.

We are approaching multiple tipping points on climate change - Prof Tim Lenton

The Oil Slicks outside the offices of JP Morgan in Glasgow.

Climate activists stage protest at bank in echo of Cop26

COP26 president Alok Sharma will hand over the baton to COP27 president-designate H E Sameh Shoukry, Egypt's minister of foreign affairs, when the summit gets under way next month. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

COP27: One month to go before UN climate summit in Egypt

Singer Sam Ryder performs on behalf of The United Kingdom during the final of the Eurovision Song contest 2022 on May 14, 2022 at the Pala Alpitour venue in Turin. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP) (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images)

Glasgow’s Eurovision bid could transform empty and derelict spaces in city

Catherine Gee, Deputy Chief Executive, Keep Scotland Beautiful

Tackling climate change will help our planet, our people and their pockets - Cat...

Climate-sceptic Jacob Rees-Mogg now runs the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, which is responsible for the UK's action on global warming (Picture: Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images)

World just missed a deadline for more action on climate change agreed at COP26

The Festival will explore practical and creative ways to tackle climate change.

Inverurie West Parish Church to host Climate Matters Festival

There are plans to connect rewilded land around Loch Lomond with similarly restored habitats in the Cairngorms, Rannoch Moor and beyond

Scotland needs private sector help to restore nature – Professor James Curran

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries