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assisting the public to exercise their rights in environmental law

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Resources

Through our resources and outreach work, we aim to make individuals, community groups and organisations more aware of their environmental rights and identify areas for policy and law reform.

Featured Resources

FAQs

Our 'frequently asked questions' provide basic information on key environmental issues in Scotland.

  • Access to justice FAQ
  • Air pollution FAQ
  • PFAS FAQ
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Lived experience

These cases from our Advice Service and outreach work give voice to the lived experience of people across Scotland.

  • Defending Cullaloe Forest from environmental harm
  • Race & the Right to a Healthy Environment: Full report
  • Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic lived experiences on access to healthy food and greenspace: Workshop summary
View all Lived experience

Films & webinars

Watch and hear from community campaigners and other experts.

  • Webinar: Defending environmental democracy
  • Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic lived experiences of greenspace and food: Community partners film
  • Environmental Justice Network film
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Guides

Our guides provide detailed information on environmental laws.

  • Guide to accessing environmental information
  • Guide to the biodiversity duty
  • Guide to defamation law
View all Guides

Briefings

Our briefings make recommendations for enforcing and improving environmental laws.

  • The Aarhus Convention and access to environmental justice – debate briefing
  • Efficiency savings and costs of a Scottish Environment Court
  • ERCS advocacy manifesto: Summary of recommendations
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Reports

Our reports provide in-depth analysis of environmental rights and the law.

  • Race & the Right to a Healthy Environment: Full report
  • Report on ERCS’s first 11 representations to Environmental Standards Scotland (ESS)
  • Scoping a domestic legal framework for ecocide in Scotland
View all Reports

Consultation responses

Our responses to government consultations on environmental governance.

  • Legal aid inquiry – ERCS consultation response
  • National Marine Plan 2 planning position statement
  • Electricity infrastructure consenting in Scotland
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Search Resources

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  • Press releases (1 August 2022)

    Scottish Government fails to deliver for UN Action Plan deadline on environmental rights – press release

  • Briefings (22 July 2022)

    Evaluation of Scotland’s action plan on access to environmental justice

  • Lived experience (19 July 2022)

    Ann’s story – The fight for environmental justice

  • Lived experience (22 June 2022)

    Voice from the Human Rights Lived Experience Board – Ann Coleman

  • Newsletters (22 June 2022)

    Summer 2022 bulletin

  • Consultation responses (4 March 2022)

    Court fees

  • Newsletters (9 February 2022)

    Winter 2021 bulletin

  • Press releases (8 December 2021)

    Press release: Petition for an enforceable human right to a healthy environment launched today

  • ERCS information (1 December 2021)

    Advocacy manifesto: An enforceable human right to a healthy environment

  • Briefings (21 November 2021)

    Scotland’s non-compliance with the Aarhus Convention on prohibitive expense: Recommendations for a plan of action on judicial expenses

  • Lived experience (30 October 2021)

    Exorbitant legal fees forced us to close – Aberdeenshire Environmental Forum

  • Lived experience (29 October 2021)

    Court costs make access to justice unaffordable

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