Over sixty organisations have written to UK government ministers ahead of a major meeting of the Council of Europe, urging them to back proposals for an additional binding Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights that would finally recognise the right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment ...
Scottish charities call on Holyrood to make environmental policies more inclusive – press release
Ahead of the 2026 Holyrood election, human rights and environmental organisations have urged Scottish political parties to improve how environmental policies affect marginalised and disadvantaged groups ...
April newsletter
Read our April newsletter on defending environmental democracy, with highlights from the parliamentary debate on environmental justice, our work on the Aarhus Convention and campaign updates ...
Defending environmental democracy: Why have newts and bats become public enemy number one?
Clare Symonds from Planning Democracy summarises our latest webinar on the erosion of environmental democracy and the planning system ...
A bit of a waste of time for all of us: the Scottish Government’s Review of the Effectiveness of Environmental Governance
In this long read, our Legal Director Dr Ben Christman breaks down the failures of the Scottish Government’s review on environmental governance, in which they refused to strengthen environmental protections ...
Scottish Parliament debates the Aarhus Convention and access to environmental justice – the highlights
Read our highlights from last week's Scottish Parliament debate on the Aarhus Convention and access to environmental justice ...
Participatory decision-making at the Independent Human Rights Fund for Scotland
D. Bowers is a member of the Environmental Justice Network. Last year, D was selected to participate in the decision-making panel for the Independent Human Rights Fund for Scotland ...
Webinar: Defending environmental democracy
How can we best mobilise in defence of environmental democracy? Watch our panel discussion with guest speakers Lesley Riddoch, Laurie Macfarlane, Prof Malcolm Tait and Dr Kiera Chapman ...
Header image: 'Rainbow joy, Gadloch' by Emma Donaldson.
