Sunday 5 June is World Environment Day – to remind us that there are billions of planets in our galaxy but there is #OnlyOneEarth. Let’s take care of it ...
Using litigation to tackle climate change
How can we use litigation to tackle climate change? ERCS supporter Meet Kaur, a senior advocate & solicitor (Singapore), explores this in our latest blog ...
What changes could help Scotland comply with international human rights and environmental law? Part 2
Part one of our two-part blog series summarised the prohibitive costs of judicial review. In this second part, Lloyd Austin - ERCS's Chair, outlines how establishing an environmental court would be a better way to resolve disputes than using the difficult path of judicial review ...
What changes could help Scotland comply with international human rights and environmental law?
In this first part of a two-part blog series, we outline what changes must be implemented to bring Scotland’s legal system into compliance with the Aarhus Convention ...
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 ...
Parties’ election promises on environmental rights compared
Ahead of the Scottish Parliamentary election on 6 May, here is what the political parties have said in their election manifestos about incorporating the human right to a healthy environment ...
Update: Taskforce recommendations and Parliamentary debate
March was a busy month! Read our blog on the headlines from the Taskforce's report, the Parliamentary debate and our next steps ...
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 ...