In March 2025, ERCS submitted a complaint to the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee on the Scottish Civil Justice Council’s failure to publicly consult on proposed changes to rules ...
Complaint about the Scottish Civil Justice Council’s breach of the Aarhus Convention passes first hurdle
The Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee has rejected an attempt by the UK Government to have ERCS’s complaint about the Scottish Civil Justice Council declared inadmissible ...
Scottish Civil Justice Council reported to a top UN body over breach of international environmental law – press release
The Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland has today urged a top UN body to intervene against the Scottish Civil Justice Council for breaching our right to public participation in environmental decision-making ...
Scottish Government still hasn’t proved how flagship infrastructure plan will meet net zero targets – press release
The Scottish Government has come under fire for failing to provide “concrete evidence” of how its flagship £26bn Infrastructure Investment Plan will deliver the emissions cut ...
Legal pressure forces Scottish Government to come clean on climate impacts – press release
After withholding a climate assessment of its £26bn infrastructure plan, the prospect of legal action from the Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland (ERCS) and Good Law Project has won a promise from Scottish Ministers to publish it ...
Campaigners slam Scottish Civil Justice Council for refusing to consult on changes to legal expenses – press release
Campaigners have criticised the Scottish Civil Justice Council (SCJC), for its lack of transparency in undertaking a review of legal expenses ...
Scottish Ministers pressed for details over pledge to fix climate law breach – press release
Scottish Ministers are currently refusing to produce the full climate impact assessment of the carbon emissions expected to be generated by their £26bn Infrastructure Investment Plan – crucial to their pledge to reach net zero by 2045. The Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland (ERCS) and Good Law Project have now warned the Scottish Government that court proceedings could be on the cards if these figures are not revealed to the public. Following legal pressure from ERCS and Good Law Project, last month the Scottish Government belatedly accepted that its failure to publish an assessment of the climate impact of its Infrastructure Investment Plan is in breach of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009. The Scottish Government has now pledged to undertake “urgent work” to remedy this. It says it will publish its current emissions reduction targets and an assessment of whether the implementation of the Infrastructure Investment Plan will make it more or less likely these targets will be met. But Scottish Ministers are so far refusing to provide a transparent climate assessment to back up their claims. Without quantifying emissions or showing their calculations, it is impossible to verify whether or not the Infrastructure Investment Plan is fully compatible with emissions reduction targets. In their latest letter to the Government, ERCS and Good Law Project argue that Ministers must publish this information to comply with their legal duties. The letter warns that without Ministers’ co-operation on this matter, the prospect of court proceedings could be on the table. Dr …
Scottish Government admits climate law breach and says it will fix it – press release
ERCS and Good Law Project have forced the Scottish Government to accept it has breached climate commitments and to start “urgent work” on a “remedy” ...
