Non-partisan think tank that aims to create a new economy for Scotland that is democratic, sustainable and just.
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🏴 NEW: What do Scotland’s 2026 election manifestos mean for the just transition?
Today we release an independent, evidence-based assessment of how manifestos match the scale of the challenge.🧵
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📉 Scotland's latest greenhouse gas statistics are out today.
Emissions fell by just 1% in 2024 - one of the smallest annual reductions on record.
Scotland is still reducing emissions, but progress has slowed sharply just as the hardest part of the net zero transition begins.
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Key priorities are to:
🏡Deliver a funded Heat in Buildings Bill
🚲Accelerate public transport and active travel
🌳Bring forward peatland restoration & woodland creation with secure public funding
🏭Prioritise real industrial decarbonisation over reliance on future technologies
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The stakes go beyond emissions. Done well, the just transition can create jobs, reduce poverty and raise living standards.
The goal is not simply to decarbonise the economy, but to use the transition as a catalyst for economic renewal.
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The debate over new oil and gas licences risks missing the bigger picture.
Scotland needs to move beyond fossil fuels. The real question is whether governments are doing enough to prepare workers and communities for that transition.
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A just transition isn't about managing decline. It's about creating the jobs, opportunities and economic security that come next.
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Our research shows that a just transition could create 40,000 more energy jobs than will be lost, but it won't happen by accident.
🎥 Watch our 1-minute summary by @juanpedrocastr3
📗 Read our report: futureeconomy.scot/publicati…
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Scotland’s new parliament faces major questions on climate action, economic security & public investment.
Future Economy Scotland will continue publishing analysis and commentary on the challenges ahead.
Read our latest newsletter & sign up for updates👇
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If we want a fairer and greener Scotland, we must be honest about how we pay for it.
As members of #TaxJusticeScotland, we’re urging the First Minister to use the powers he has to tax wealth more fairly.
Read the open letter: taxjustice.scot/wp-content/u…
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Since the election, much of the debate has focused on the fiscal challenges facing the next Scottish Parliament — framed as a choice between raising revenue or cutting spending.
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The key point: the constraints are not as fixed as they’re often presented. There are clear, credible options to raise revenue.
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Watch @L__Macfarlane explain more 👇
Read the full report:
futureeconomy.scot/publicati…
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Polling was clear: the defining issue of this election was a broken economy.
If the new Parliament is serious about economic renewal, it must embrace a far bolder approach to policymaking.
📖 Read our latest blog: futureeconomy.scot/posts/489…
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Future Economy Scotland retweeted
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“As this new parliament begins, Scotland stands at a crossroads. One path leads to more of the same. The other points towards economic renewal.”
My new @FutureEconScot blog on the the need for fresh thinking in this parliament: futureeconomy.scot/posts/489…
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NEW: Today, 129 MSPs arrived at Holyrood to take their oaths of office.
The new parliament faces a clear choice: more of the same, or a path towards economic renewal?
Read @L__Macfarlane's new blog on the opportunities that lie ahead: futureeconomy.scot/posts/489…
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