Climate

Governments must not squander the opportunity to turn the International Court of Justice’s 2025 advisory opinion on states’ obligations regarding climate change into robust climate action, Amnesty International has said. Informal consultations on the draft resolution circulated by Vanuat

Community groups, cultural organisations and education initiatives are amongst the Scottish organisations that will be able to bid for support from a fund aimed at engaging people in tackling the climate emergency. The £275,000 Climate Engagement Fund will support activities such as climate fe

Greenpeace has launched a legal challenge against the UK government's decision to approve the transfer of two exploration licences in the Pacific Ocean to deep sea mining company Glomar Minerals. The environmental group is concerned that the licences in the wrong hands could open the door to destruc

The Scottish Parliament is keen to hear the views of individuals, community groups and organisations on the Scottish government's draft Climate Change Plan for 2026-2040, by Sunday 25 January 2026. The plan sets out how the Scottish government intends to meet emission reduction targets across all po

COP30 leaders must keep people, and not profits and power, at the heart of negotiations, Amnesty International said ahead of the annual UN climate summit in Brazil. Brazil will host the 30th Conference of Parties (COP30) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bel&ea

Scotland’s first legally-binding targets to improve biodiversity must be accompanied by meaningful actions and reinforced by sufficient public resources, Holyrood’s Rural Affairs and Islands Committee has said in a new report. The committee’s stage one report on the Natural Environ

The International Court of Justice has delivered a landmark advisory opinion on the obligations of states in the face of the climate emergency.  The decision delivers historic protections that strengthen the responsibilities of states under international law beyond the Paris Agreement, with sev

Members of the public are being asked to have their say on proposals aimed at boosting the health, prosperity and wellbeing of communities by improving Scotland’s environment. The draft Environment Strategy sets out the opportunities for strengthening Scotland’s economy and improving peo

An oil and gas company which secured a $660 million judgment against Greenpeace in the US courts is now being sued in the Netherlands in what the environmental NGO says is the first major test of the EU's anti-SLAPP laws. Texas-based company Energy Transfer accused Greenpeace of defamation and orche

The Court of Session has begun hearing a judicial review brought by climate campaigners seeking to block the development of the Rosebank oil field and Jackdaw gas field. The case, brought by Greenpeace, will be the first test of how the landmark UK Supreme Court ruling in the Finch case will be

South Korea's top court has found that the government's climate targets are too weak to protect the constitutional rights of younger people in a landmark case brought by hundreds of children and young people. Woodpecker et al v South Korea was brought on behalf of 254 plaintiffs, including 'Woodpeck

Record-breaking prison sentences have been imposed on climate activists in England who complained they were denied the opportunity to explain their motivation to the jury. Just Stop Oil co-founder Roger Hallam was sentenced to five years' imprisonment – believed to be the longest sentence ever

In a landmark decision, which adds to the growing global body of climate-based jurisprudence, the Supreme Court has held by a majority that before a developer is allowed to proceed with a project that extracts fossil fuels, it must carry out an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) that assesses the

A judge has thrown out the attempted prosecution of a woman for holding a placard on jury rights outside of a climate trial. Mr Justice Saini said there had been no basis for the prosecution of Trudi Warner, 69, for criminal contempt for holding a placard outside the trial of climate activists that

Switzerland is failing to meet its human rights obligations by not taking sufficient action to tackle climate change, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled in a landmark case. The Strasbourg court today handed down judgments in three landmark cases, which represented the first climate