Climate and Environment
Call for participation in ground-breaking land sales report
A major report has been commissioned to understand more about the nature and value of rural land sales in Scotland. …
- SRUC
- 16/12/2021
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Showcasing agricultural climate action
A new network for farmers and crofters to highlight and share climate change mitigation actions is to be established.…
- SRUC
- 08/12/2021
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Farmers need support to change the way they farm
In this opinion piece Bethan Thompson talks about an EU project which aims to understand the factors which influence the uptake of agroecological farming practices.…
- SRUC
- 30/11/2021
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Transatlantic graduates tackle Scotland’s net zero goals
Brady, Alexa and Kaia have gone from studying at SRUC to working in the organisation. Three American graduates have collectively put more than 10,000 miles between themselves and their hometowns to…
- SRUC
- 26/11/2021
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Transatlantic graduates tackle Scotland’s net zero goals (1)
Three American graduates have collectively put more than 10,000 miles between themselves and their hometowns to work at SRUC.…
- SRUC
- 26/11/2021
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Food and farming experts assemble to discuss climate change
Food, biodiversity and farming experts from SRUC are to give their views on how the country can tackle climate change.…
- SRUC
- 09/11/2021
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Hannah Rudman on Finance for Nature conference at COP26
It has been an incredibly busy couple of weeks for me and SRUC colleagues who are attending COP26. …
- SRUC
- 09/11/2021
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‘Hedge funding’ to help ease Capital traffic pollution
A new study is set to highlight the importance of hedgerows in protecting Edinburgh’s residents from rising levels of traffic pollution.…
- SRUC
- 03/11/2021
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Eating without heating the world
An interactive event about the science of food, farming and climate change will cover everything from managing marine environments under climate change to breeding cattle and using daffodils to reduce global warming.…
- SRUC
- 02/11/2021
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Positioning peatlands at heart of climate change debate
Researchers from SRUC have been offered a unique opportunity to position peatlands as a nature-based solution to climate change at the COP26.…
- SRUC
- 26/10/2021
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Climate solutions from peatlands to parasites
As world leaders arrive in Glasgow for the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), scientific experts have created a virtual tour showcasing research to tackle Scotland’s climate crisis.…
- SRUC
- 21/10/2021
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Tackling the challenge of growing food sustainably
Growing food fairly and sustainably is one of the greatest challenges of our time and sits at the heart of what we do at SRUC, so the chance for us to partner in the largest ‘grow your own’ project ever undertaken in Scotland feels like a once in a lifetime opportunity.…
- SRUC
- 21/10/2021
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