Commenting on the UK Government’s Budget, Laurie Macfarlane, Co-Director of the think tank Future Economy Scotland, said: “Rachel Reeves has correctly identified the core challenge: if we want strong, effective public services, tax revenues must...

Scotland has lost three times more fossil fuel jobs than it has created in clean energy over the past decade, and risks repeating the devastation of deindustrialisation without bolder action to deliver net zero.    A new report published by the th...

ScotWind leasing round placed offshore wind in hands of fossil fuel companies, asset managers and foreign governments, a new report has revealed. In 2022, the Scottish Government’s ‘ScotWind’ leasing round awarded rights to develop 20 new offshor...

Relying more heavily on private finance to fund nature restoration risks undermining Scotland’s net zero ambitions, new research has revealed.   The report, published by the think tank Future Economy Scotland, warns that relying more heavily on pr...

A new report authored by Professor Mariana Mazzucato and Laurie Macfarlane outlines a new ‘mission-oriented’ strategy to revitalise Scotland’s economy, transition to net zero and tackle inequalities.   The report, published jointly by the UCL Inst...

Commenting on the publication of the Scottish Government’s new Climate Change Plan, Laurie Macfarlane, co-director of the think tank Future Economy Scotland, said: “The publication of the new Climate Change Plan is welcome, but long overdue. The ...

Responding to the Scottish Government's new climate targets, Miriam Brett, Co-Director at Future Economy Scotland, said: “We welcome the Scottish Government’s intention to adhere to the advice of the Climate Change Committee regarding targets to ...

Responding to Donald Trump’s intervention on North Sea oil and gas, Miriam Brett, Co-Director at Future Economy Scotland, said:   “Donald Trump’s ‘drill baby drill’ agenda runs in direct contradiction to what we know to be true: opening new oil an...

Average earnings in Scotland are £15,000 lower than they would have been if wages had grown as normal rather than flatlined following the 2008 financial crisis, new analysis has revealed.  New research published by the independent think tank Futu...

Responding to the Programme for Government 2025-26, Miriam Brett, Co-Director at Future Economy Scotland, said:  “Predictably, amid a busy legislative programme, this Programme for Government was largely reflective and offered little in the way o...