Global Justice Now in Scotland
What we’re currently working on
We’re calling on the Scottish government to:
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- endorse and champion the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty – a bold and ambitious idea for a global plan to phase out fossil fuels in a fast, fair and financed way
- make polluters pay – so that big, polluting, fossil fuel companies who have driven and profited from the climate emergency pay reparations to countries in the global south impacted most severely
Our campaign successes in 2024 included:
Dundee, Glasgow and North Ayrshire councils have now joined Edinburgh council in backing the proposal for a Fossil Fuel Treaty and calling on the Scottish government to do the same
Dundee Trade Union Council and Stirling University student union passed motions backing the treaty.
Scottish writers including Scotland’s Makar Kathleen Jamie, A.L Kennedy and Sara Sheridan signed an open letter to the Scottish government, also signed by 16 other organisations and nearly 3000 members of the public in support of Scottish government endorsement of the Fossil Fuel Treaty, and handed it in to First Minister John Swinney.
In 2025, we’re planning to persuade even more Scottish councils, universities and trade unions to endorse the treaty.
We will also be calling on MSPs to sign up to the Fossil Free Parliamentarians pledge and to put pressure on the Scottish government to join subnational states globally such as California, Hawaii and the Australian Capital Territory in endorsing and championing the Fossil Fuel Treaty.
(Photograph: MAVERICK PHOTO AGENCY)
If you’re in Scotland, we’d love you to get involved! Scroll down further on this page to see all our latest news, blogs and action.
