Scotland

The Balfour Hospital in Orkney is fully electric, with heat pumps and EVs used to cut down its emissions

The funding will be used to protect wild populations and make farming more sustainable

The Commission will be chaired by climate scientist Professor Jim Skea and report annually on the progress Scotland is making to ensure a ‘greener and fairer future’

Scotland’s first waste weighing programme will pilot next month in North Lanarkshire to determine how much recycling takes place and what can be done to boost it

A new report estimates the forthcoming ScotWind leasing round could create 5,000 jobs a year

The trials saw its Ampaire division’s Electric EEL technology aircraft cross the Pentland Firth from Kirkwall Airport on the Orkney Isles to the regional Wick John O’Groats Airport

The funding will support projects that aim to help decarbonise the North Sea oil and gas industry

A distillery in north-eastern Scotland converts its production residues into biogas fuel for its fleet

The companies will apply for seabed leases, looking to participate in the upcoming Crown Estate ScotWind leasing round

The initiative will bring together participants from around the world to learn from each other and make recommendations that will feed into COP26 discussions