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Just 2 weeks to go until SSN’s Annual Conference 2025! Join public sector leaders on 11 June to explore climate challenges, resilience, and action. Online 🎙️ Speakers incl. Dr. Richard Dixon, SG policy leads & SSN Adaptation Sub-Committee 🔗Sign up: bit.ly/3GW3xgQ

We’re back with the SSN Annual Conference on public sector climate action, taking place online on Wednesday 11 June 2025! Join Scotland’s public sector climate leaders to tackle key challenges and shape the future of climate action. 🔗Register now: bit.ly/3GW3xgQ

We’re now on Bluesky! 🌤️ Come follow us at ssnscotland.bsky.social for updates on sustainability and climate change from across Scotland’s public sector. That’s where we’ll be sharing from now on. See you there! 🔗bit.ly/4k57MFo

There's still time to sign up for this training programme wit Culture for Climate Scotland on using arts and culture to create a climate ready future. Course dates: 14 May - 11 June Cost: £195 + VAT Find out more and apply at ow.ly/vXhW50VsXNe

🍃Environment Protection Policy Intern A 12-week opportunity with the Scottish Government, working on air quality, noise, and contaminated land policy. Applications are open until 30 March. 🔗bit.ly/4bGIr1C

New consultation! 'Climate change duties - draft statutory guidance for public bodies' was published yesterday. Find out more and respond to this consultation on Citizen Space: consult.gov.scot/energy-and-cli… @scotgov @ScotGovNetZero

NECCUS @neccusalliance is holding their annual DeCarbScotland conference on 13th March in Edinburgh The theme is Achieving Net Zero & Economic Growth: The Opportunity for Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 See the programme, meet the speakers and reserve your tickets 👇 decarb.scot

Dr David Joffe - Electrification is the single most vital step towards reaching #netzero. There will be a roughly a 50% (or more) increase in electricity demand by 2050. Efficient use of electricity will be key. #EnergyConversations @david_joffe

Labour has a mission for clean power by 2030 - but how can we achieve this? Dr @david_joffe of @energygovuk 'Mission Control' will be delivering a guest lecture for us on decarbonising the GB electricity system tomorrow in Glasgow Register: eventbrite.co.uk/e/energy-conve…

Calling univ profs & lecturers! If you want to bring concepts from Doughnut Economics into your teaching, we've just launched a webpage bursting with resources for you: 7 slide decks, reading lists, videos & activities - all open access. Dive in & pls RT! doughnuteconomics.org/university-cou…

Land use planners🤝public health practitioners Having a shared ambition to improve health & wellbeing & reduce health inequalities ⚕️🫂 But how can this work in practice? This briefing provides practical guidance that allows both sides to work together: bit.ly/4b0EvXG

I'm so proud of the Carbon Brief #COP29 team for finishing our big summary of the talks It's an EPIC 20,000 words of top-notch, plain-english reporting… –NCQG –Stocktake –Article6 –China +Much more …delivered in record time after a brutal fortnight of sleep deprivation! carbonbrief.org/cop29-key-outc…

BLOG: The Scottish National Adaptation Plan was published recently and we've the right person on our team to tell us about it. Kay White is on secondment from the Scottish Government where she developed this plan with her colleagues for the past 2.5 years. buff.ly/4fxChBV

Do you have ideas for realistic climate policy in the 2030s-2040s? Session proposals are open for the Feb 4th @ClimateXChange_ event on emissions reduction, just transition, and collaboration. Share your expertise and help shape Scotland's climate future. lght.ly/3k93nkm

Week 2 at #COP29 is in full swing! Stay up-to-date with the latest developments and key moments on our Updates Feed: 👉 unfccc.int/cop29 👈

Catch up on all latest SSN news and updates in our November newsletter. mailchi.mp/d9a9d4fea266/n…

Scottish Gov. consultation regarding the International Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar). There are currently 51 Ramsar sites in Scotland, supporting 284 Ramsar natural features (i.e. wetland habitats or bird populations). consult.gov.scot/environment-fo…

Recently @scotgov published a draft just transition plan for Grangemouth: gov.scot/publications/g… You can read our policy briefing and supporting research on Grangemouth below. The consultation is open until Jan 16 2025. Give your views here: consult.gov.scot/energy-and-cli…

📢It's almost time for our final Masterclass in this Webinar series! 🏡Find out all about Place and Wellbeing Assessments, how they work, how you can do your own and the benefits of undertaking them on Thursday 21st November ✅Register here: bit.ly/3yTWYbb

Communication Officer (Sustainable Scotland Network) at The University of Edinburgh jobs.ac.uk/job/DKR012/com…. Deadline Monday 2nd December. Come and join our fantastic team and network.