Over the past few months our programmes have been busy collaborating, online and off, as we continue to adapt our ways of working and learn the lessons of what has worked well during the pandemic.

The recent cohort of programmes addressing the UN Global Goals are now coming to a close and insights and materials from all 11 programmes are available on our website along with videos and live illustrations from the final conference we held in November last year.

If you missed the conference or would like to find out more about any of the projects we supported, take a look at our poster room.

One of the cross-cutting themes from our SDG programme, and key to much of what the SDGs are trying to achieve, was the idea of Justice, in the broadest sense. This includes the eradication of poverty, better health outcomes, reduced inequalities, decent work and democratic institutions.

This notion of justice is also reflected in Scotland in the transformation needed in the way the country lives and works to achieve net zero carbon emissions - the focus of our latest call for proposals, Contributing to a Just Transition to Net Zero.

“As we tackle emissions, this is also an opportunity to seek out lasting positive societal change: for example, ensuring our efforts to tackle the climate crisis support our efforts to deliver social justice.” Scottish Government

Successful programmes will support the work of the Just Transition Commission, and others, in making a practical contribution to ensuring a just transition for all. We hope to be able to share details of the new programmes over the summer.