Introduction to this site
About Scot.E3
ScotE3 (Employment, Energy and Environment) was initiated by a small group of rank and file trade unionists (mainly working in construction and defence) and climate activists keen to find a way of taking climate action into workplaces and working class communities. We were inspired by the Million Climate Jobs programme for a transition to a sustainable economy and by the struggles for just transition taking place in working class and indigenous communities in the US and elsewhere.
Conference 2025 – 18 October in Edinburgh – find out more on the conference page
For a worker led transition
We are committed to building the case for a worker led transition away from fossil fuels. The concept of ‘Just Transition’ has been coopted by governments, employers and unions. A genuine Just Transition will be driven by working class action. We aim to contribute to the necessary coming together of climate and workplace activists that is necessary if this is to happen.
Building alliances
We work in coalitions wherever possible. Internationally, we are part of the Global Climate Jobs Campaign, in Scotland we work with numerous other groups and we participate in local coalitions and networks – for example the Edinburgh Climate Coalition.
North Sea Oil and Gas
In February 2020, in partnership with Platform London and the PCS Union we published an important report by Juan Carlos Boué on the UK’s North Sea oil tax regime, which has handed super-profits to international oil companies while the taxpayer now foots the bill for decommissioning. You can find a summary of the report and a download link here.
The blog
In the last eight years we have published over 350 posts on the Scot.E3 blog. Taken together the posts provide a rich (and searchable) source of ideas and information. We are always keen to encourage contributions and debate – responses to existing posts and pitches for new posts are very welcome, and you can get in touch via the contact form.
Briefings
For background information in the form of briefings on a wide range of topics relevant to climate action go to the resources page. All our briefings are published under a Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 4.0 that means you can download, use and adapt provided you acknowledge the original was published on this site.
Further Reading
On this page you can find links to short articles, reports, books, videos and other resources that we’ve found useful. This page is always being added to and we welcome suggestions for additions to the page and reviews of the material that we link to.
Contact
To get in touch you can use the email form on our Contact page.
What we’d like you to do
We aim to take the message of climate jobs, just transition and the need for urgent action into workplaces, union branches, community groups all over Scotland. Just get in touch via the email form on the Contact Page and we will be very happy to arrange for a speaker or to send hard copies of relevant resources.
We welcome feedback on the resources that we’ve produced for this site and ideas for additional material. If you have an idea for a blog post do get in touch – most of the articles we publish are written by readers and supporters. We want this site to be a forum for discussion and debate.
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Scot.E3 is entirely dependent on donations from organisations and individuals to produce and print resources, run the website and organise events. You can help by donating £5, £10 or £20 from this site.
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