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Public awareness of climate risks and opportunities in Scotland

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Understanding the impacts of emission trading systems and carbon border adjustment mechanisms on Scottish business

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Greenhouse gas emissions from Scottish farming: an exploratory analysis of the Scottish Farm Business Survey and Agrecalc

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Current policy challenges

Land use

How can our land use help reduce carbon emissions and lessen the impacts of climate change, whilst delivering the food, biodiversity, social amenity and economic benefits of our land?

Transforming society

How can the transition to a low-carbon society be positive for society, economy and the environment?

Low carbon energy

How can we increase the productivity of our energy use and generate energy without greenhouse gas emissions?

What works?

What works in delivering Scotland’s climate change ambitions?

Low carbon transport

How do we reliably transport people and goods without emissions?

Resilient places

How can our communities, towns and cities be healthy, connected and safe places to be whatever the weather?

Latest research

ClimateXChange carries out a wide range of research focussed on adapting to climate change and reducing emissions.
Below are some of the currently active projects, you can view more on the Projects page. Visit the Publications Library for access to all of our research publications.

Review of climate vulnerability assessment of Scotland’s marine environment and marine economy

The impacts of climate change on Scotland’s seas are expected to become more frequent and severe over the coming decades. This research reviews climate vulnerability assessments (CVAs) of natural and socio-economic marine systems.

What works?

Public awareness of climate risks and opportunities in Scotland

Research into the public’s awareness of the risks and opportunities from climate change. Findings will help provide a platform for more effective engagement at the community and society level.

Resilient places

The Land Capability for Agriculture: building a tool to enable climate change assessments

This report explores the potential for a new research tool to estimate land capability under future climatic conditions - the Land Capability of Scotland research platform. It draws on the Land Capability for Agriculture (LCA) classification for Scotland.

Land use

Greenhouse gas emissions from Scottish farming: an exploratory analysis of the Scottish Farm Business Survey and Agrecalc

This report explores how data on emissions and nitrogen from the Scottish Farm Business Survey, using Agrecalc, can be used to help design policies aimed at reducing emissions in a sustainable way. Agrecalc is a farm carbon calculator used widely within Scotland.

Land use
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Aligning science and policy is a well-known challenge. Scientists and policy-makers often have different goals, priorities and measures of success. CXC’s aim is to bring the two together to create policies and governance informed by the best available evidence.

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