Just Transition Commission

Scotland’s Just Transition Commission is in Dumfries and Galloway this week to examine how the region is managing the move to a low carbon economy. The Commission will meet with local residents today and Friday to hear about challenges in housing, agriculture and forestry, visiting a retrofit

The cost of decarbonising Scotland's homes and buildings could be as much as £130 billion, four times more than the Scottish Government's official estimate, Scotland’s Just Transition Commission (JTC) has warned. A new report to be launched in Edinburgh this afternoon will set out w

Scotland’s Just Transition Commission has warned that “significant” further action is needed to ensure a just transition to a low carbon economy.

Scotland’s Just Transition Commission has new leadership following the appointment of Satwat Rehman and Prof. Dave Reay as co-chairs. They will succeed Prof. Jim Skea, who led the Commission since its inception in 2019 but stepped down this month following his election to chair the Intergovern

The Scottish Government must step up with bold and decisive leadership to deliver a major programme to retrofit the country’s buildings and meet climate targets, a new report from Scotland’s Just Transition Commission has said.

A new report published today from Scotland’s Just Transition Commission says the cost-of-living crisis means major changes need to be made urgently to decarbonise the country’s economy, benefit those most in need and secure lots of good jobs. The report claims that “it will be an u

The full membership of the new Just Transition Commission has been announced by the Scottish Government.

Scotland’s transition to net-zero emissions by 2045 must be a “national mission with social justice at its heart”, according to the Just Transition Commission (JTC), the independent commission set up to advise the Scottish Government on how to manage the move fairly. In its final r

A Commission established to make recommendations to ministers on how Scotland can transition to a net-zero economy by 2045 while mitigating risks that could arise in relation to fuel poverty, among other things, has issued its first report.