Clare Symonds from Planning Democracy summarises our latest webinar on the erosion of environmental democracy and the planning system ...
Campaigners warn that Scotland’s climate plans are ‘doomed to fail’ without robust public scrutiny – press release
The Scottish Government will likely repeat failures that resulted in the ditching of 2030 climate targets unless better scrutiny mechanisms are introduced in the next Climate Change Plan ...
Petition handed in to Scottish Government for Human Rights Day
Today we submitted the final copy of our petition calling for an enforceable right to a healthy environment ...
This Human Rights Day, Scotland must realise the promise of the right to a healthy environment
Human Rights Day marks a key moment in human history: 10 December 1948, when representatives from across the world came together to sign the UN Declaration of Human Rights. Yet the rights it contained were incomplete ...
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 ...
Equal rights of appeal – update
A top UN body has backed calls from environmental and community campaigners to review planning appeal rights across Scotland. This intervention follows repeated calls for equal rights of appeal which have been ignored by the Scottish Government ...
New parliamentary motion lodged on the right to access environmental justice
Good news! Maggie Chapman MSP, Deputy Convener of the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee in the Scottish Parliament has lodged a motion on the right to access environmental justice. The motion has achieved cross-party support and is now eligible for a debate in Parliament ...
New briefing: Recommendations for a plan of action on judicial expenses
This briefing sets out three key reforms on judicial expenses that could help tackle the cost barrier of access to justice ...
