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Go Greener Together

Greener ScotlandA new national campaign encouraging everyone across the country to play their part in making Scotland a cleaner, greener place to live has been launched.

Visit the Greener Scotland website.

Read the news release for more information.

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Scotland's Environment Web brings together environmental data and reports from a variety of sources and aims to be the gateway to everything you want to know about Scotland's environment.

Environment

The Scottish Government is working towards a Greener Scotland by improving the natural and built environment and protecting it for present and future generations.

Action is being taken to reduce the local and global environmental impact through tackling climate change, moving towards a zero-waste Scotland and increasing the use of renewable energy.

In Focus

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First Minister Alex Salmond has urged world leaders to make 2012 a 'year of climate justice' ahead of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development - also known as Rio+20 or Earth Summit 2012 which will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 4-6 June 2012.

The conference will be focused around 2 themes:

  • Delivering a green economy that includes a sustainable future for everyone and eliminates poverty; and
  • Thinking about what measures, strategies and frameworks countries should have in place to ensure that we make progress on sustainable development.

See how you can get involved or read the news release from 2nd January 2012 for more information.

Page updated: Tuesday, May 22, 2012