From small beginnings, great things come

Sniffer has been at the forefront of environmental research and practice since 1989. We initially set up  as a research management consortium. After five successful years, we reformed in 1994 as an independent charity dedicated to commissioning scientific research on the protection and enhancement of the natural environment.

In the three decades since we have continued to develop and hone our approach, moving from a primarily research based model addressing environmental regulation to one that focuses on responding to the impacts of climate change in as a  catalyst for  positive change for people and places. Partnership working and collaboration has always been at the heart of what we do

Over the years we have:

• led the development of Scotland’s climate change adaptation efforts (first as the Scottish Climate Change Impacts Partnership and now as Adaptation Scotland);
• driven change in the Flood Risk Management community in Scotland through annual conferences and knowledge exchange mechanisms; 
• pioneered collaborative approaches to building climate resilience at the regional scale for example our work with Climate Ready Clyde, with communities, at a local scale as well as looking at enablers of adaptation action relevant to global north and global south.

Our approach is increasingly in demand as society looks to respond to the climate emergency in ways that are fair and transformative.