Climate Action Hubs pilots - connecting local communities for change

In today’s episode SCCAN Story Weaver, Kaska Hempel, talks to managers of Climate Action Hub pilots funded by the Scottish Government. Alison Stuart is the manager of North East Scotland Climate Action Network (NESCAN) and Joan Lawrie, the Project Manager for North Highlands and Island Climate Hub and the development manager in Thurso Community Trust. The hub pilots have been in place for around 2 years now and they represent a new way the government plans to support community climate action across Scotland.

Tune in to the next episode for an update on how SCCAN is helping grow regional networks in preparation for the next phase of Climate Hub devlopment.

Production and edit: Kaska Hempel

Resources

NESCAN hub website https://www.nescan.org/

Northern Highlands and Islands Hub https://www.nhclimatehub.co.uk/

Transition Fund and Green Participatory Budgeting via NESCAN https://www.nescan.org/pb

Climate week North East festival (Next edition 24 March-2April 2023) https://climateweeknortheast.org/

Highland Climate Festival https://www.nhclimatehub.co.uk/highlandclimatefestival

Orkney Climate Festival  https://www.nhclimatehub.co.uk/orkney-climate-festival

Carbon Neutral Islands Project

https://www.gov.scot/news/zero-carbon-islands/

https://www.insider.co.uk/news/six-scottish-islands-announced-carbon-26994830

Regional land use partnership NorthWest2045 https://www.northwest2045.scot/nw2045-land-use-partnership

Climate Action Towns (see our previous podcast interview for update on year 1) https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-3jfiv-12c216e

Golspie and green growth accelerator funding nature-based solution to flooding https://www.gov.scot/news/accelerating-green-growth/

https://www.northern-times.co.uk/news/climate-action-group-to-hold-public-sessions-in-golspie-281046/

Scottish Government Investing in Communities Fund https://www.gov.scot/publications/investing-in-communities-fund-round-two-draft-guidance-note/