ERCS is delighted to be one of 48 organisations awarded a grant from the new Equality and Human Rights Fund over the next three years. The grant will enable us to recruit a Rights Officer to lead our work to increase awareness and participation of equality groups on the human right to a healthy environment ...
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SEPA, cyber attacks and Scotland unprotected?
ERCS trustee, and former CEO of SEPA, reflects on the questions raised by SEPA's cyber attack. How do our regulators regulate their internal systems, and what additional checks and balances are needed for effective environmental protection ...
Our launch – thank you for your support!
A big thanks to everyone who made our launch so successful on Thursday 3rd June. We had over 260 people registering their interest for the event and over 150 people join us on the day. Here are the links to the films...
Solicitor appointed for our advice work
We’re delighted to announce the appointment of our in-house solicitor Dr Ben Christman. Ben wrote the feasilibity study that helped to establish ERCS and has …
ERCS’s e-bulletin May 2021
The last two months have been busy! Read on for our latest news on election manifestos, our launch event and how to become a member ...
Come to our launch!
We warmly invite you to our launch event with our guest speaker: the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment, Professor David Boyd...
ERCS recruiting part-time Solicitor
One year on, we’re excited to be recruiting for an in-house solicitor. At a time when the COVID-19 pandemic, climate and biodiversity crises highlight the essential role of environmental rights in upholding all human rights, this is a unique opportunity to increase awareness of legal rights and remedies in environmental matters....
Why Scotland needs a human right to a healthy environment
Without a healthy environment, humanity cannot survive. ERCS is advocating for a human right to a healthy environment to be included in Scots law as part of a new Human Rights (Scotland) Act. Read on to find out why we need a human right to a healthy environment, why Scotland needs to act, and what we are doing to support this ...