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  • 2023: climate and the year ahead

    2023: climate and the year ahead

    A new year is upon us, and with that the potential for a fresh start and some fresh impetus to see action around some of the critical issues facing our society. Read more

  • Blue Arctic

    Blue Arctic

    "The Arctic Ocean is now being changed. The top of the world is no longer white, but blue. Its ice is disappearing"... Wildlife Cameraman Doug Allan reflects on the changing Arctic. Read more

  • The Youth perspective on COP27

    The Youth perspective on COP27

    Nearly a week since COP27 concluded in Sharm el-Sheikh, Youth Energy Advisor, Josh Oxby, provides some reflective insights from his time at the conference. Read more

  • Ecocide law: the missing climate solution?

    Ecocide law: the missing climate solution?

    With COP27 coming to a close today, we share an article from the COP26 edition of The Geographer by Jojo Mehta, Co-founder and Executive Director of Stop Ecocide International. Read more

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Engaging stories, topical articles and fascinating insights from across the RSGS network.

2023: climate and the year ahead

2023: climate and the year ahead

A new year is upon us, and with that the potential for a fresh start and some fresh impetus to see action around some of the critical issues facing our society. Read more

Posted to: RSGS Blog

Engaging stories, topical articles and fascinating insights from across the RSGS network.

Published: 20th January, 2023

Author: Mike Robinson

Blue Arctic

Blue Arctic

"The Arctic Ocean is now being changed. The top of the world is no longer white, but blue. Its ice is disappearing"... Wildlife Cameraman Doug Allan reflects on the changing Arctic. Read more

Posted to: RSGS Blog

Engaging stories, topical articles and fascinating insights from across the RSGS network.

Published: 9th December, 2022

The Youth perspective on COP27

The Youth perspective on COP27

Nearly a week since COP27 concluded in Sharm el-Sheikh, Youth Energy Advisor, Josh Oxby, provides some reflective insights from his time at the conference. Read more

Posted to: RSGS Blog

Engaging stories, topical articles and fascinating insights from across the RSGS network.

Published: 25th November, 2022

Author: Josh Oxby

Ecocide law: the missing climate solution?

Ecocide law: the missing climate solution?

With COP27 coming to a close today, we share an article from the COP26 edition of The Geographer by Jojo Mehta, Co-founder and Executive Director of Stop Ecocide International. Read more

Posted to: RSGS Blog

Engaging stories, topical articles and fascinating insights from across the RSGS network.

Published: 18th November, 2022

ScotWind Leasing

ScotWind Leasing

Scottish Renewables Chief Executive, Claire Mack, talks about ScotWind Leasing- an exciting and significant milestone in Scotland’s renewable energy story, enabling the next generation of offshore wind farms to be developed. Read more

Posted to: RSGS Blog

Engaging stories, topical articles and fascinating insights from across the RSGS network.

Published: 6th May, 2022

Updated: 4th August, 2022

The Cost of GDP

The Cost of GDP

RSGS CEO Mike Robinson considers how a country's GDP may be a measure of its economic prosperity, but fails to highlight the damage done in pursuit of wealth. Read more

Posted to: RSGS Blog

Engaging stories, topical articles and fascinating insights from across the RSGS network.

Published: 18th February, 2022

Updated: 5th April, 2022

Author: Mike Robinson

Meet the Experts

Meet the Experts

Since unveiling plans to continue our series of popular monthly Q&A sessions with sustainability experts into the coming year, we discuss what we have done so far and reflect on why these conversations are so essential. Read more

Posted to: RSGS Blog

Engaging stories, topical articles and fascinating insights from across the RSGS network.

Published: 11th February, 2022

Updated: 5th April, 2022

'Don't Look Up' and the Quest to Engage People on Climate Change

'Don't Look Up' and the Quest to Engage People on Climate Change

We consider whether Netflix's recent big release 'Don't Look Up' has the ability to motivate and engage people about the climate crises. Read more

Posted to: RSGS Blog

Engaging stories, topical articles and fascinating insights from across the RSGS network.

Published: 4th February, 2022

Updated: 5th April, 2022

Author: Holly McNair

Perth - Biodiversity Capital of Scotland

Perth - Biodiversity Capital of Scotland

We share RSGS CEO Mike Robinson's introductory speech from the Perth Nature and Biodiversity Conference, talking about why Perth should become the most sustainable small city in Europe. Read more

Posted to: RSGS Blog

Engaging stories, topical articles and fascinating insights from across the RSGS network.

Published: 28th January, 2022

Updated: 5th April, 2022

Author: Mike Robinson

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Let’s Make 2022 a Year of Relentless Positivity

Let’s Make 2022 a Year of Relentless Positivity

RSGS CEO Mike Robinson considers whether we can make 2022 a year of relentless positivity by making it our resolution to take climate change action seriously. Read more

Posted to: RSGS Blog

Engaging stories, topical articles and fascinating insights from across the RSGS network.

Published: 20th January, 2022

Updated: 5th April, 2022

Author: Mike Robinson

A Call for European Leadership on Climate Change

A Call for European Leadership on Climate Change

Following the sad passing of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, we share an insightful article that he and Mary Robinson wrote for The Geographer in 2014, calling for European leadership on climate change. Read more

Posted to: RSGS Blog

Engaging stories, topical articles and fascinating insights from across the RSGS network.

Published: 6th January, 2022

Updated: 5th April, 2022

Scotland: Our Climate Journey

Scotland: Our Climate Journey

'Scotland: Our Climate Journey' narrates Scotland's climate journey through the past, present and future, narrated by a wide range of individuals from across the country from different sectors, offering different perspectives, but all contributing in the battle against climate change. Read more

Posted to: RSGS Blog

Engaging stories, topical articles and fascinating insights from across the RSGS network.

Published: 26th November, 2021

Updated: 5th April, 2022

Author: Holly McNair

COP26: Thoughts and Reflections

COP26: Thoughts and Reflections

RSGS Chief Executive Mike Robinson considers whether or not COP26 met expectations. Read more

Posted to: RSGS Blog

Engaging stories, topical articles and fascinating insights from across the RSGS network.

Published: 19th November, 2021

Updated: 5th April, 2022

Author: Mike Robinson

Lest we Forget

Lest we Forget

Remembrance day marks the opportunity to reflect upon the sacrifice of the past and the consequent benefit to the modern day, a time to remember some of the freedoms it is so easy to take for granted. Perhaps this year, we should also take two minutes to think about what sacrifices we ourselves are making for future generations, and how we wish to be remembered. Read more

Posted to: RSGS Blog

Engaging stories, topical articles and fascinating insights from across the RSGS network.

Published: 8th November, 2021

Updated: 5th April, 2022

Author: Mike Robinson

The 10 Big Climate Solutions

The 10 Big Climate Solutions

The 10 Big Climate Solutions report is the outcome of 12 Climate Summits convened by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, where 800 people from 400 organisations from across Scottish society generated 1600 practical solutions to the Climate Emergency. The report highlights the 10 Big Climate Solutions from the Summits with the scale, pace and impact to drive the change we need. Read more

Posted to: RSGS Blog

Engaging stories, topical articles and fascinating insights from across the RSGS network.

Published: 8th November, 2021

Updated: 5th April, 2022

What to Expect from COP26

What to Expect from COP26

A simple explainer on what we can expect from this month's climate conference including what it is, how it works, and what it means for progress on climate worldwide. By RSGS CEO Mike Robinson. Read more

Posted to: RSGS Blog

Engaging stories, topical articles and fascinating insights from across the RSGS network.

Published: 29th October, 2021

Updated: 5th April, 2022

Author: Mike Robinson

Geographers Unite Globally for Climate Action

Geographers Unite Globally for Climate Action

Yesterday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau launched a joint declaration of Global Geographical Societies, in which they pledge to redouble efforts to help deliver a better tomorrow, endorse the need for action on the climate and biodiversity crises, and call for world leaders to place the protection of nature and a liveable climate at the centre of the world’s economics and politics. Read more

Posted to: RSGS Blog

Engaging stories, topical articles and fascinating insights from across the RSGS network.

Published: 22nd October, 2021

Updated: 5th April, 2022

RSGS Activities for COP26

RSGS Activities for COP26

As the eyes of the world turn to Glasgow for the most important UN climate conference to date, we share our ambitious programme of work related to COP26. Read more

Posted to: RSGS Blog

Engaging stories, topical articles and fascinating insights from across the RSGS network.

Published: 2nd September, 2021

Updated: 5th April, 2022

A Decade of Hope

A Decade of Hope

RSGS CEO Mike Robinson reflects on what we could see in the next 10 years if we were all to take immediate and definitive action on climate change. Read more

Posted to: RSGS Blog

Engaging stories, topical articles and fascinating insights from across the RSGS network.

Published: 29th July, 2021

Updated: 9th August, 2021

Author: Mike Robinson

Farmers, Academics and NGO's Deliver Consensus on Farming and Climate

Farmers, Academics and NGO's Deliver Consensus on Farming and Climate

A panel of farmers, academics and NGO representatives have published a consensus pathway for making Scottish farming climate compatible. In a debate that has been notoriously polarised, Farming for 1.5 Inquiry was able to set out a credible way forward by bringing different perspectives and aspirations around the same table. Read more

Posted to: RSGS Blog

Engaging stories, topical articles and fascinating insights from across the RSGS network.

Published: 23rd July, 2021

Updated: 5th April, 2022

The International Geographical Societies Gathering

The International Geographical Societies Gathering

In June 2021, we were delighted to host a conference of over 60 delegates from 28 different countries representing many of the world’s leading geographical societies to discuss their respective and collective responses to the climate emergency. Hosted in partnership with the Royal Geographical Society and the International Geographical Union. Read more

Posted to: RSGS Blog

Engaging stories, topical articles and fascinating insights from across the RSGS network.

Published: 2nd July, 2021

Updated: 5th April, 2022

Author: Holly McNair

Jacobs Launches Climate Solutions Course to Global Workforce

Jacobs Launches Climate Solutions Course to Global Workforce

Leading technology-enabled solutions provider Jacobs has reaffirmed its commitment to responding to the climate change emergency by offering its entire workforce the Climate Solutions Accelerator course, a 90-minute online course designed to educate participants on climate change and the actions that can mitigate its impact before it is too late. Read more

Posted to: RSGS Blog

Engaging stories, topical articles and fascinating insights from across the RSGS network.

Published: 23rd June, 2021

A Day of Celebration for James Croll

A Day of Celebration for James Croll

Professor Kevin J Edwards FRSGS reports on a bicentenary commemoration of the birth of James Croll (1821-1890), the Perthshire-born, self-taught prodigy who laid the foundations for climate change science. Read more

Posted to: RSGS Blog

Engaging stories, topical articles and fascinating insights from across the RSGS network.

Published: 18th June, 2021

Updated: 23rd June, 2021

Scotland's Climate Assembly

Scotland's Climate Assembly

Scotland’s citizens’ assembly on the climate emergency has drawn together over 100 ordinary citizens, and tasked them with agreeing a response to the question, “How should Scotland change to tackle the climate emergency in an effective and fair way?” Read more

Posted to: RSGS Blog

Engaging stories, topical articles and fascinating insights from across the RSGS network.

Published: 11th June, 2021

Updated: 23rd June, 2021

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  • Shackleton and the men on Elephant Island:  a brotherhood of the sea

    Shackleton and the men on Elephant Island: a brotherhood of the sea

    In 1916 Ernest Shackleton's beloved ship Endurance was crushed by ice and sank to the depths of the Weddell Sea, but what followed was an astonishing story of courage and survival.

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    Aftershock – how humanitarian aid is helping millions affected by the Turkey Syria Earthquakes

    The huge earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria a month ago weren’t necessarily a huge surprise in an area with an historic vulnerability to seismic shocks, but the scale of the devastation was an enormous shock - turning millions of lives upside down in an instant.

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    The RSGS Education Conference

    On Saturday 25th February RSGS convened a full day, fast-paced conference at Dollar Academy to bring together key individuals and organisations, to discuss how to maximise and promote the relevance and uptake of geography.

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