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Climate emergency sign during the Cop28 global day of action for climate justice at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, December 9, 2023
THE pace of climate change in Scotland is exceeding predictions, according to new research published today.
The study by environmental scientists at the James Hutton Institute in Aberdeen found that the average temperatures recorded in February were at levels not projected until 2050.
Some parts of Scotland have seen peak temperatures in March climb from 16.9°C between 1960 and 1989 to 19.4°C over the following two decades.
One of the major criticisms of China’s breakneck development in recent decades has been the impact on nature — returning after 15 years away, BEN CHACKO assessed whether the government’s recent turn to environmentalism has yielded results
ALASTAIR BONNETT reports on the paradoxes of populist attitudes towards protection of the natural world