Stop Climate Chaos Scotland (SCCS) is a coalition of around 60 organisations in Scotland that are campaigning on climate change. Together we represent over two million people in Scotland.

We have close links with the Stop Climate Chaos coalition in London and work with them on cross-border issues whenever we can. But Scotland faces many challenges relating to climate change that are quite different from England and Wales.

Much that affects climate change emissions and adaptation is devolved from Westminster to Holyrood, for example housing, transport, energy and education. The cultural, educational, legal, social and geographical context is different and Scotland’s potential for developing renewable energy has been recognized to be considerable. It is for these reasons that a strong Scottish coalition is working on climate change issues specific to Scotland, while keeping close ties with our colleagues in England and Wales, and indeed through our networks across the world.

SCCS played a key role in the development of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009, currently recognised to be the strongest climate change legislation in the world. For more info on what's in the Act, read our briefing on the Bill.

Watch our short video to find out more about how SCCS, as a civil society coalition, influenced the Act: SCCS Climate Change Act film

You can read SCCS' policy documents online here.

SCCS is working to ensure that the commitments set out in the Scottish Climate Change Act become a reality and that Scotland meets its targets to reduce emissions by 42% by 2020 and 80% by 2050.

Scotland’s own emissions account for only a relatively small percentage of the global total, so SCCS is also working to push the Scottish example as an international precedent.

To find out more about Scottish campaigns, events or volunteering opportunities, please contact Gail Wilson, Stop Climate Chaos Scotland Co-ordinator:

Email: gail[at]stopclimatechaosscotland.org (please replace "[at]" with the @ symbol)
Phone: 0131 317 4112
Post: Ground Floor, 2 Lochside View, Edinburgh Park, Edinburgh, EH12 9DH

Stop Climate Chaos Scotland is a charity registered in Scotland, number SCO39643.