The Scottish Climate Change Act and how SCCS helped influence it
The Scottish Climate Change Act was passed in 2009 and remains the strongest climate change legislation anywhere in the world.
Scotland's greenhouse gas emissions are a small percentage of global emissions, so they cannot tackle this problem alone. In order to encourage other rich countries to commit to similarly ambitious climate laws, they have produced a short film about the Scottish Act which explains SCCS's role in influencing it. See it below.
Stop Climate Chaos Scotland is the largest and most powerful civil society coalition in Scotland, made up of organisations ranging from community and faith groups, environment and development organisations and students and trade unions. Part of our success has come from working together across such a diverse range of organisations under the common goal: to stop climate chaos.
We are keen to encourage and support other civil society groups in other countries to work together to create momentum for urgent action on climate change. Please feel free to
get in touch with SCCS for more information.