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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.
Roald Amundsen and the 1925 North Pole Expedition

RSGS Writer-in-Residence Jo Woolf investigates the life and explorations of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, accredited as the first to reach the South Pole, the first to voyage through the Northwest Passage by ship, and one of the first to cross the Arctic by plane. Amundsen received the RSGS Livingstone Medal in 1925 “in recognition of his recent unique aerial exploration of the north polar regions.”
June 2021

RSGS E-newsletter: International Geographical Societies Gathering; The Geographer 'Farming for a 1.5°C Future'; Jacobs signs up for Climate Solutions; Climate Solutions- 'Meet the Experts' event; RSGS Blogs
Professor Graeme Whittington

Professor Kevin J Edwards reflects on the life and work of Graeme Walter Whittington, Emeritus Professor of Geography in the University of St Andrews. Professor Whittington made research contributions of international standing to studies on the evolution of Scotland’s geographical and historical landscapes, drawing upon the methods of science and the humanities.