SCCAN are delighted to announce progress in the development of a network of regional community climate action hubs in order to provide a strategic regional approach to climate change action across Scotland.
The hub network now consists of eighteen hubs with a number of hubs in development:
- Highlands and Islands Climate Hub, (covering the Highlands, Orkney and Shetland)
- NESCAN Hub (covering Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire)
- Fife Climate Hub
- Dumfries & Galloway Climate Hub
- Edinburgh Communities Climate Action Network
- East Lothian Climate Action Network
- Midlothian Climate Action Network
- Angus Climate Hub
- West Lothian Climate Action Hub
- Glasgow Climate Action Hub
- Scottish Borders Climate Action Network (SBCAN)
- Argyll and Bute Climate Action Network (ABCAN) Hub
- Moray Climate Action Network (Moray CAN)
- The Outer Hebrides Climate Action Hub led by Climate Hebrides CIC
- Inverclyde led by the Inverclyde Community Development Trust
- Forth Valley delivered by Forth Environment Link
- Dundee delivered by a partnership of organisation led by Transition Dundee
- Ayrshire Climate Hub delivered by a partnership of organisations led by The Energy Agency
- Lanarkshire Climate Action Hub
Hubs will work to:
- build awareness of the climate emergency and actions local groups can take
- develop local plans
- help groups take up funding opportunities
- facilitate networking
- ensure a more joined-up approach to tackling climate change at a regional level
You can read more about community climate action hubs on the Scottish Government website here.