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Oil investor to cash in on government tree planting plan
A Swiss bank with shares in some of the world’s biggest oil companies will profit from a controversial Scottish
Book festival sponsor has major investments in fossil fuels
The main sponsor of the Edinburgh book festival – which will feature an event with Greta Thunberg – has billions invested in
Glossary: Scotland and the Climate Crisis
The jargon around climate change can be confusing and alienating. As part of The Ferret’s climate fact checking series
How is climate change impacting Scotland?
Climate change is often spoken of as a future threat to humanity. But Earth’s climate has already been warmed
Protesters target Abrdn AGM over fossil fuel investments
Green activists have protested at the annual meeting of a prominent Edinburgh investment company over its alleged role in funding
Military spending massively outstripping climate finance, report warns
The world’s richest countries — including the UK — are spending 30 times more on their armed forces than financial support
Revealed: The big firms snapping up Scottish carbon credits
Weapons manufacturers, the oil giant Shell, and financial institutions which poured billions of pounds into fossil fuels are among firms
Banks urged to stop funding Shell if it proceeds with Jackdaw gas field
Climate activists have urged banks to sever financial ties with Shell if it goes ahead with plans to develop a
Oil industry climate plans are “grossly insufficient”, study finds
Climate pledges by eight of Europe and America’s biggest oil and gas companies are “grossly insufficient” to limit global
Two insurance companies rule out covering new North Sea fields
Two global insurance giants have confirmed that they will not provide coverage to controversial new oil and gas fields in
NatWest has lent £3 billion to North Sea firms since Paris Agreement
The Scottish bank, NatWest, issued loans worth nearly £3bn to the biggest firms operating in the North Sea oil industry
FFS explains: loss and damage at COP26
As the dust settles after COP26, campaigners have been reacting to the agreements which emerged from the conference. An important