Category: Environment
Humanist Society co-signs Stop Climate Chaos Scotland letter to incoming UK Prime Minister
As coalition members of Stop Climate Chaos Scotland (SCCS), Humanist Society Scotland put its name to a letter to the Prime Minister, calling for him to block drilling at Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields in the North Sea…
Humanist Society interview series: Becky Kenton-Lake on Stop Climate Chaos Scotland’s mass climate lobby
As part of our campaign on climate change and the nature crises, we are proud members of Stop Climate Chaos Scotland. The group’s Coalition Manager Becky Kenton-Lake tells us about their upcoming mass climate lobby, a chance to ask for…
Use our new letter template to write to your incoming MP on humanist issues
The enormous intake of new MPs at Westminster gives humanists the chance to press their representatives on the key issues for our movement. Use our new letter template to do so. The Labour Party won a landslide victory in the…
The year ahead for humanism in Scotland
2024 looks set to be a busy and perhaps defining year for the humanist movement in Scotland. Here’s a rundown of the issues we’ll be working on and the gains we hope to make, from assisted dying to reproductive rights….
The year in good news
The new year is approaching. And the world feels like a dark and scary place in lots of ways. So, to warm the cockles during the festive season, here’s an incomplete rundown of some good news for humanists across 2023,…
Humanist Society interview series: Becky Kenton-Lake on Stop Climate Chaos Scotland’s new climate manifesto
Humanist Society Scotland is a proud member of the Stop Climate Chaos Scotland (SCCS) coalition. SCCS brings together over 60 organisations working towards a net-zero planet and international climate justice. We spoke to the organisation’s coalition manager, Becky Kenton-Lake, to…
Humanist Society interview series: Thomas Widrow of the John Muir Trust on why Scotland needs a Carbon Emissions Land Tax
Humanist Society Scotland is one of more than 30 organisations campaigning for a Carbon Emissions Land Tax. If you want to know why this is such a vital cause for the future of Scotland’s environment, read on. We spoke to…
Environment and the Climate Crisis
Humanists are passionate about protecting the environment for future generations and championing the use of science to inform Climate Change policy.
In pictures: humanists march for climate justice at COP26
Members of Humanist Society Scotland were joined by representatives from Humanists International and Humanists UK as they marched through Glasgow for the COP26 Global Day of Action against Climate Injustice on November 6th 2021.
Climate emission results ‘alarming’
Greenhouse gas emissions data from 2019, released by the Scottish Government last week, shows that Scotland has not met its annual target of reducing emissions. Three years of targets have now been missed ‒ for the years 2017, 2018, 2019….
We welcome ambitious new target to reduce emissions by 75%
Humanist Society Scotland welcomes the strong stance the government is taking on climate change ahead of the parliamentary vote on the Climate Change Bill today.