Today we submitted the final copy of our petition calling for an enforceable right to a healthy environment ...
New briefing condemns the Environmental Governance review as an unlawful failure
A new ERCS briefing responds to the Scottish Government's Environmental Governance Review, highlighting our deep disappointment with the poor quality of the Report ...
Watch our animation on the right to a healthy environment and take action
Watch our animation and take action to ensure the right is enforceable ...
An enforceable right to a healthy environment: Now is the time for Scotland to deliver
We all depend on nature. A healthy environment is fundamental to the right to life, and is integral to addressing the root causes of food and fuel insecurity, health inequalities, and the cost-of-living crisis ...
New briefing highlights need for a Scottish Environment Court
Read our new briefing summarising arguments for a Scottish Environment Court, in anticipation of the Scottish Government’s consultation on access to justice ...
Report launch: The clear and urgent case for a Scottish Environment Court
Today we are delighted to publish a new report, 'The clear and urgent case for a Scottish Environment Court', commissioned by ERCS and authored by Prof. Campbell Gemmell ...
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 ...
Press release: Environmental Court Report published
Our report published today calls for the creation of a new one-stop-shop environmental court for Scotland ...
