diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 44231ff4eed..197df9c450f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Features
+
+- Added `Environment` to the `Scope` ([#5772](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/5772))
+
 ### Fixes
 
 - Backfill release, environment, distribution, tags, and app version/build—and use the matching replay-on-error sample rate—for `ApplicationExitInfo` ANR and native crash events captured before SDK initialization, without reusing options cached by a later app update ([#5762](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/5762))
diff --git a/sentry-android-core/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/core/ApplicationExitInfoEventProcessor.java b/sentry-android-core/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/core/ApplicationExitInfoEventProcessor.java
index f175db90488..33c4ffbb402 100644
--- a/sentry-android-core/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/core/ApplicationExitInfoEventProcessor.java
+++ b/sentry-android-core/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/core/ApplicationExitInfoEventProcessor.java
@@ -481,6 +481,12 @@ private void setRelease(
   private void setEnvironment(
       final @NotNull SentryBaseEvent event, final @NotNull OptionsSource optionsSource) {
     if (event.getEnvironment() == null) {
+      final String scopeEnvironment =
+          readFromDisk(options, PersistingScopeObserver.ENVIRONMENT_FILENAME, String.class);
+      if (scopeEnvironment != null) {
+        event.setEnvironment(scopeEnvironment);
+        return;
+      }
       event.setEnvironment(
           getLaunchOption(
               ENVIRONMENT_FILENAME, String.class, options.getEnvironment(), optionsSource));
diff --git a/sentry-android-core/src/test/java/io/sentry/android/core/ApplicationExitInfoEventProcessorTest.kt b/sentry-android-core/src/test/java/io/sentry/android/core/ApplicationExitInfoEventProcessorTest.kt
index d5b916d3b44..b2eab52c4d6 100644
--- a/sentry-android-core/src/test/java/io/sentry/android/core/ApplicationExitInfoEventProcessorTest.kt
+++ b/sentry-android-core/src/test/java/io/sentry/android/core/ApplicationExitInfoEventProcessorTest.kt
@@ -401,6 +401,18 @@ class ApplicationExitInfoEventProcessorTest {
     assertEquals("release", processed.environment)
   }
 
+  @Test
+  fun `if scope environment is persisted, it takes precedence over the options environment`() {
+    val hint = HintUtils.createWithTypeCheckHint(BackfillableHint())
+
+    val processor = fixture.getSut(tmpDir, populateOptionsCache = true)
+    fixture.persistScope(PersistingScopeObserver.ENVIRONMENT_FILENAME, "staging")
+
+    val processed = processor.process(SentryEvent(), hint)
+
+    assertEquals("staging", processed!!.environment)
+  }
+
   @Test
   fun `if release is not persisted and app was not updated, uses release from options`() {
     val hint = HintUtils.createWithTypeCheckHint(AbnormalExitHint(timestamp = 2_000))
diff --git a/sentry/api/sentry.api b/sentry/api/sentry.api
index d1aecf5ccfd..621c785ead1 100644
--- a/sentry/api/sentry.api
+++ b/sentry/api/sentry.api
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ public final class io/sentry/CombinedScopeView : io/sentry/IScope {
 	public fun getBreadcrumbs ()Ljava/util/Queue;
 	public fun getClient ()Lio/sentry/ISentryClient;
 	public fun getContexts ()Lio/sentry/protocol/Contexts;
+	public fun getEnvironment ()Ljava/lang/String;
 	public fun getEventProcessors ()Ljava/util/List;
 	public fun getEventProcessorsWithOrder ()Ljava/util/List;
 	public fun getExtras ()Ljava/util/Map;
@@ -321,6 +322,7 @@ public final class io/sentry/CombinedScopeView : io/sentry/IScope {
 	public fun setContexts (Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)V
 	public fun setContexts (Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/util/Collection;)V
 	public fun setContexts (Ljava/lang/String;[Ljava/lang/Object;)V
+	public fun setEnvironment (Ljava/lang/String;)V
 	public fun setExtra (Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)V
 	public fun setFingerprint (Ljava/util/List;)V
 	public fun setLastEventId (Lio/sentry/protocol/SentryId;)V
@@ -922,6 +924,7 @@ public abstract interface class io/sentry/IScope {
 	public abstract fun getBreadcrumbs ()Ljava/util/Queue;
 	public abstract fun getClient ()Lio/sentry/ISentryClient;
 	public abstract fun getContexts ()Lio/sentry/protocol/Contexts;
+	public abstract fun getEnvironment ()Ljava/lang/String;
 	public abstract fun getEventProcessors ()Ljava/util/List;
 	public abstract fun getEventProcessorsWithOrder ()Ljava/util/List;
 	public abstract fun getExtras ()Ljava/util/Map;
@@ -957,6 +960,7 @@ public abstract interface class io/sentry/IScope {
 	public abstract fun setContexts (Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)V
 	public abstract fun setContexts (Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/util/Collection;)V
 	public abstract fun setContexts (Ljava/lang/String;[Ljava/lang/Object;)V
+	public abstract fun setEnvironment (Ljava/lang/String;)V
 	public abstract fun setExtra (Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)V
 	public abstract fun setFingerprint (Ljava/util/List;)V
 	public abstract fun setLastEventId (Lio/sentry/protocol/SentryId;)V
@@ -984,6 +988,7 @@ public abstract interface class io/sentry/IScopeObserver {
 	public abstract fun removeTag (Ljava/lang/String;)V
 	public abstract fun setBreadcrumbs (Ljava/util/Collection;)V
 	public abstract fun setContexts (Lio/sentry/protocol/Contexts;)V
+	public abstract fun setEnvironment (Ljava/lang/String;)V
 	public abstract fun setExtra (Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)V
 	public abstract fun setExtras (Ljava/util/Map;)V
 	public abstract fun setFingerprint (Ljava/util/Collection;)V
@@ -1745,6 +1750,7 @@ public final class io/sentry/NoOpScope : io/sentry/IScope {
 	public fun getBreadcrumbs ()Ljava/util/Queue;
 	public fun getClient ()Lio/sentry/ISentryClient;
 	public fun getContexts ()Lio/sentry/protocol/Contexts;
+	public fun getEnvironment ()Ljava/lang/String;
 	public fun getEventProcessors ()Ljava/util/List;
 	public fun getEventProcessorsWithOrder ()Ljava/util/List;
 	public fun getExtras ()Ljava/util/Map;
@@ -1781,6 +1787,7 @@ public final class io/sentry/NoOpScope : io/sentry/IScope {
 	public fun setContexts (Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)V
 	public fun setContexts (Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/util/Collection;)V
 	public fun setContexts (Ljava/lang/String;[Ljava/lang/Object;)V
+	public fun setEnvironment (Ljava/lang/String;)V
 	public fun setExtra (Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)V
 	public fun setFingerprint (Ljava/util/List;)V
 	public fun setLastEventId (Lio/sentry/protocol/SentryId;)V
@@ -2434,6 +2441,7 @@ public final class io/sentry/Scope : io/sentry/IScope {
 	public fun getBreadcrumbs ()Ljava/util/Queue;
 	public fun getClient ()Lio/sentry/ISentryClient;
 	public fun getContexts ()Lio/sentry/protocol/Contexts;
+	public fun getEnvironment ()Ljava/lang/String;
 	public fun getEventProcessors ()Ljava/util/List;
 	public fun getEventProcessorsWithOrder ()Ljava/util/List;
 	public fun getExtras ()Ljava/util/Map;
@@ -2469,6 +2477,7 @@ public final class io/sentry/Scope : io/sentry/IScope {
 	public fun setContexts (Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)V
 	public fun setContexts (Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/util/Collection;)V
 	public fun setContexts (Ljava/lang/String;[Ljava/lang/Object;)V
+	public fun setEnvironment (Ljava/lang/String;)V
 	public fun setExtra (Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)V
 	public fun setFingerprint (Ljava/util/List;)V
 	public fun setLastEventId (Lio/sentry/protocol/SentryId;)V
@@ -2517,6 +2526,7 @@ public abstract class io/sentry/ScopeObserverAdapter : io/sentry/IScopeObserver
 	public fun removeTag (Ljava/lang/String;)V
 	public fun setBreadcrumbs (Ljava/util/Collection;)V
 	public fun setContexts (Lio/sentry/protocol/Contexts;)V
+	public fun setEnvironment (Ljava/lang/String;)V
 	public fun setExtra (Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)V
 	public fun setExtras (Ljava/util/Map;)V
 	public fun setFingerprint (Ljava/util/Collection;)V
@@ -4880,6 +4890,7 @@ public final class io/sentry/cache/PersistingOptionsObserver : io/sentry/IOption
 public final class io/sentry/cache/PersistingScopeObserver : io/sentry/ScopeObserverAdapter {
 	public static final field BREADCRUMBS_FILENAME Ljava/lang/String;
 	public static final field CONTEXTS_FILENAME Ljava/lang/String;
+	public static final field ENVIRONMENT_FILENAME Ljava/lang/String;
 	public static final field EXTRAS_FILENAME Ljava/lang/String;
 	public static final field FINGERPRINT_FILENAME Ljava/lang/String;
 	public static final field LEVEL_FILENAME Ljava/lang/String;
@@ -4896,6 +4907,7 @@ public final class io/sentry/cache/PersistingScopeObserver : io/sentry/ScopeObse
 	public fun resetCache ()V
 	public fun setBreadcrumbs (Ljava/util/Collection;)V
 	public fun setContexts (Lio/sentry/protocol/Contexts;)V
+	public fun setEnvironment (Ljava/lang/String;)V
 	public fun setExtras (Ljava/util/Map;)V
 	public fun setFingerprint (Ljava/util/Collection;)V
 	public fun setLevel (Lio/sentry/SentryLevel;)V
diff --git a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/CombinedScopeView.java b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/CombinedScopeView.java
index ea2d752d44b..942598cacc6 100644
--- a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/CombinedScopeView.java
+++ b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/CombinedScopeView.java
@@ -56,6 +56,24 @@ public void setLevel(@Nullable SentryLevel level) {
     getDefaultWriteScope().setLevel(level);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public @Nullable String getEnvironment() {
+    final @Nullable String current = scope.getEnvironment();
+    if (current != null) {
+      return current;
+    }
+    final @Nullable String isolation = isolationScope.getEnvironment();
+    if (isolation != null) {
+      return isolation;
+    }
+    return globalScope.getEnvironment();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setEnvironment(@Nullable String environment) {
+    getDefaultWriteScope().setEnvironment(environment);
+  }
+
   @Override
   public @Nullable String getTransactionName() {
     final @Nullable String current = scope.getTransactionName();
diff --git a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/IScope.java b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/IScope.java
index 5b6c38bbcfb..df034ddfc78 100644
--- a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/IScope.java
+++ b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/IScope.java
@@ -26,6 +26,22 @@ public interface IScope {
    */
   void setLevel(final @Nullable SentryLevel level);
 
+  /**
+   * Returns the Scope's environment.
+   *
+   * @return the environment or {@code null} if not set on the scope
+   */
+  @Nullable
+  String getEnvironment();
+
+  /**
+   * Sets the Scope's environment. Takes precedence over {@link SentryOptions#getEnvironment()} when
+   * applied to events. Mainly used by hybrid SDKs to sync their environment into this SDK.
+   *
+   * @param environment the environment
+   */
+  void setEnvironment(final @Nullable String environment);
+
   /**
    * Returns the Scope's transaction name.
    *
diff --git a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/IScopeObserver.java b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/IScopeObserver.java
index e1b9a785043..b6210c88701 100644
--- a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/IScopeObserver.java
+++ b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/IScopeObserver.java
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ public interface IScopeObserver {
 
   void setLevel(@Nullable SentryLevel level);
 
+  void setEnvironment(@Nullable String environment);
+
   void setContexts(@NotNull Contexts contexts);
 
   void setTransaction(@Nullable String transaction);
diff --git a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/NoOpScope.java b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/NoOpScope.java
index 9d2f603c673..a452cb3f350 100644
--- a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/NoOpScope.java
+++ b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/NoOpScope.java
@@ -41,6 +41,14 @@ public static NoOpScope getInstance() {
   @Override
   public void setLevel(@Nullable SentryLevel level) {}
 
+  @Override
+  public @Nullable String getEnvironment() {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setEnvironment(@Nullable String environment) {}
+
   @Override
   public @Nullable String getTransactionName() {
     return null;
diff --git a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/Scope.java b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/Scope.java
index f5c57f5ac5d..5be5c694833 100644
--- a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/Scope.java
+++ b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/Scope.java
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ public final class Scope implements IScope {
   /** Scope's screen */
   private @Nullable String screen;
 
+  /** Scope's environment */
+  private @Nullable String environment;
+
   /** Scope's request */
   private @Nullable Request request;
 
@@ -137,6 +140,7 @@ private Scope(final @NotNull Scope scope) {
     final User userRef = scope.user;
     this.user = userRef != null ? new User(userRef) : null;
     this.screen = scope.screen;
+    this.environment = scope.environment;
     this.replayId = scope.replayId;
 
     final Request requestRef = scope.request;
@@ -224,6 +228,32 @@ public void setLevel(final @Nullable SentryLevel level) {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns the Scope's environment.
+   *
+   * @return the environment or {@code null} if not set on the scope
+   */
+  @Override
+  public @Nullable String getEnvironment() {
+    return environment;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Sets the Scope's environment. Mainly used by hybrid SDKs (e.g. .NET, Unity) to sync their
+   * environment into this SDK. Takes precedence over {@link SentryOptions#getEnvironment()} when
+   * applied to events.
+   *
+   * @param environment the environment
+   */
+  @Override
+  public void setEnvironment(final @Nullable String environment) {
+    this.environment = environment;
+
+    for (final IScopeObserver observer : options.getScopeObservers()) {
+      observer.setEnvironment(environment);
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Returns the Scope's transaction name.
    *
diff --git a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/ScopeObserverAdapter.java b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/ScopeObserverAdapter.java
index 4f6a5ac842c..e80d8b6b208 100644
--- a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/ScopeObserverAdapter.java
+++ b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/ScopeObserverAdapter.java
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ public void setFingerprint(@NotNull Collection<String> fingerprint) {}
   @Override
   public void setLevel(@Nullable SentryLevel level) {}
 
+  @Override
+  public void setEnvironment(@Nullable String environment) {}
+
   @Override
   public void setContexts(@NotNull Contexts contexts) {}
 
diff --git a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/SentryClient.java b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/SentryClient.java
index a0ff98a9af7..45f424072df 100644
--- a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/SentryClient.java
+++ b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/SentryClient.java
@@ -1563,6 +1563,9 @@ public void captureBatchedMetricsEvents(final @NotNull SentryMetricsEvents metri
       if (sentryBaseEvent.getUser() == null) {
         sentryBaseEvent.setUser(scope.getUser());
       }
+      if (sentryBaseEvent.getEnvironment() == null) {
+        sentryBaseEvent.setEnvironment(scope.getEnvironment());
+      }
       if (sentryBaseEvent.getTags() == null) {
         sentryBaseEvent.setTags(scope.getTags());
       } else {
diff --git a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/cache/PersistingScopeObserver.java b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/cache/PersistingScopeObserver.java
index 420d0d31e22..4dde96afcc2 100644
--- a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/cache/PersistingScopeObserver.java
+++ b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/cache/PersistingScopeObserver.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ public final class PersistingScopeObserver extends ScopeObserverAdapter {
   public static final String CONTEXTS_FILENAME = "contexts.json";
   public static final String REQUEST_FILENAME = "request.json";
   public static final String LEVEL_FILENAME = "level.json";
+  public static final String ENVIRONMENT_FILENAME = "environment.json";
   public static final String FINGERPRINT_FILENAME = "fingerprint.json";
   public static final String TRANSACTION_FILENAME = "transaction.json";
   public static final String TRACE_FILENAME = "trace.json";
@@ -189,6 +190,18 @@ public void setLevel(@Nullable SentryLevel level) {
         });
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void setEnvironment(@Nullable String environment) {
+    serializeToDisk(
+        () -> {
+          if (environment == null) {
+            delete(ENVIRONMENT_FILENAME);
+          } else {
+            store(environment, ENVIRONMENT_FILENAME);
+          }
+        });
+  }
+
   @Override
   public void setTransaction(@Nullable String transaction) {
     serializeToDisk(
@@ -296,6 +309,7 @@ public void resetCache() {
     // the rest we can safely delete
     delete(USER_FILENAME);
     delete(LEVEL_FILENAME);
+    delete(ENVIRONMENT_FILENAME);
     delete(REQUEST_FILENAME);
     delete(FINGERPRINT_FILENAME);
     delete(CONTEXTS_FILENAME);
diff --git a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/ScopeTest.kt b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/ScopeTest.kt
index 86aaf6f8f24..2f7d41ff9a9 100644
--- a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/ScopeTest.kt
+++ b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/ScopeTest.kt
@@ -781,6 +781,36 @@ class ScopeTest {
     verify(observer).setLevel(eq(WARNING))
   }
 
+  @Test
+  fun `Scope set environment sync scopes`() {
+    val observer = mock<IScopeObserver>()
+    val options = SentryOptions().apply { addScopeObserver(observer) }
+    val scope = Scope(options)
+
+    scope.environment = "staging"
+    verify(observer).setEnvironment(eq("staging"))
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun `Scope set environment null sync scopes`() {
+    val observer = mock<IScopeObserver>()
+    val options = SentryOptions().apply { addScopeObserver(observer) }
+    val scope = Scope(options)
+
+    scope.environment = null
+    verify(observer).setEnvironment(null)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun `Scope clone copies environment`() {
+    val scope = Scope(SentryOptions())
+    scope.environment = "staging"
+
+    val clone = scope.clone()
+
+    assertEquals("staging", clone.environment)
+  }
+
   @Test
   fun `Scope set transaction name sync scopes`() {
     val observer = mock<IScopeObserver>()
diff --git a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/SentryClientTest.kt b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/SentryClientTest.kt
index 5cfa4b6b619..34bad35900a 100644
--- a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/SentryClientTest.kt
+++ b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/SentryClientTest.kt
@@ -578,24 +578,35 @@ class SentryClientTest {
   }
 
   @Test
-  fun `when event has environment, value from options not applied`() {
+  fun `when scope has environment, it takes precedence over options`() {
     val event = SentryEvent()
-    val expected = "original"
-    fixture.sentryOptions.environment = "not to be applied"
-    event.environment = expected
+    val scope = createScope()
+    scope.environment = "from-scope"
+    fixture.sentryOptions.environment = "from-options"
     val sut = fixture.getSut()
-    sut.captureEvent(event)
-    assertEquals(expected, event.environment)
+    sut.captureEvent(event, scope)
+    assertEquals("from-scope", event.environment)
   }
 
   @Test
-  fun `when event doesn't have environment, value from options applied`() {
+  fun `when event has environment, scope environment not applied`() {
     val event = SentryEvent()
-    val expected = "original"
-    fixture.sentryOptions.environment = expected
+    event.environment = "from-event"
+    val scope = createScope()
+    scope.environment = "from-scope"
     val sut = fixture.getSut()
-    sut.captureEvent(event)
-    assertEquals(expected, event.environment)
+    sut.captureEvent(event, scope)
+    assertEquals("from-event", event.environment)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun `when scope has no environment, value from options applied`() {
+    val event = SentryEvent()
+    val scope = createScope()
+    fixture.sentryOptions.environment = "from-options"
+    val sut = fixture.getSut()
+    sut.captureEvent(event, scope)
+    assertEquals("from-options", event.environment)
   }
 
   @Test
diff --git a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/cache/PersistingScopeObserverTest.kt b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/cache/PersistingScopeObserverTest.kt
index f682ac4c474..b98c5b8a319 100644
--- a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/cache/PersistingScopeObserverTest.kt
+++ b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/cache/PersistingScopeObserverTest.kt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import io.sentry.SpanContext
 import io.sentry.SpanId
 import io.sentry.cache.PersistingScopeObserver.BREADCRUMBS_FILENAME
 import io.sentry.cache.PersistingScopeObserver.CONTEXTS_FILENAME
+import io.sentry.cache.PersistingScopeObserver.ENVIRONMENT_FILENAME
 import io.sentry.cache.PersistingScopeObserver.EXTRAS_FILENAME
 import io.sentry.cache.PersistingScopeObserver.FINGERPRINT_FILENAME
 import io.sentry.cache.PersistingScopeObserver.LEVEL_FILENAME
@@ -196,6 +197,15 @@ class PersistingScopeObserverTest<T>(
         DeletedEntityProvider { null },
       )
 
+    private fun environment(): Array<Any?> =
+      arrayOf(
+        "staging",
+        StoreScopeValue<String> { environment, _ -> setEnvironment(environment) },
+        ENVIRONMENT_FILENAME,
+        DeleteScopeValue { setEnvironment(null) },
+        DeletedEntityProvider { null },
+      )
+
     private fun transaction(): Array<Any?> =
       arrayOf(
         "MainActivity",
@@ -296,6 +306,7 @@ class PersistingScopeObserverTest<T>(
         request(),
         fingerprint(),
         level(),
+        environment(),
         transaction(),
         trace(),
         contexts(),