Richard Dixon
environmental campaigner and consultant
In 30 years of environmental campaigning, including as Director of both Friends of the Earth Scotland and WWF Scotland, I have helped bring an end to fracking, shape two Climate Acts, block plans for oil fields and power stations, create Low Emission Zones in four cities and get government to start taking Just Transition seriously. I also helped set up Transform Scotland and Stop Climate Chaos Scotland, and chaired the Edinburgh Community Solar Coop.
I am now a freelance researcher and writer on climate and energy, and an advisor on campaign, advocacy, comms and organisational strategy.
Scribblings
Great British Energy could be a gamechanger – if Labour gets it right
The UK has been going through a green energy transition from coal and gas to renewables. Labour have promised to accelerate this, in part by creating the Scotland-based Great British Energy. But it faces significant challenges. In their Manifesto Labour promised to “work with …
The election – climate change has gone missing
If you have been watching the leaders’ debates and the announcements from the political parties, you may be wondering what’s happened to climate change. A recent poll showed that two thirds of people in Scotland think that climate change should be a …
The Supreme Court ruling and political commitments on oil
Last week the UK Supreme Court ruled that the process to approve an oil and gas field in Surrey should have taken into account the impact of burning oil and gas produced. This is a huge victory for the local campaigners who …
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