Climate Change

Greenhouse gases are destroying the maritime environment and states are legally obliged to control them, according to the opinion of an international court. The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) also said that wealthy countries must reduce their emissions faster than developing o

The climate action plan devised by the UK government is unlawful, the English High Court has ruled. There is not enough evidence of policies in place that would actually reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the court said.

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The Scottish government is not doing enough to engage the public on climate change and Scotland’s climate change targets. This is the collective view expressed in a report published by 23 members of the public, selected at random from across Scotland, who recently came together at Holyrood to