Launching our report and reflections
Over three years we have worked with nine towns in Scotland to support the delivery of relevant, place appropriate climate actions in the Climate Action Towns project. We have done this by working within each town to co-design the priorities of each place, identify opportunities, build capacity and support, and enable collaborations.
We have collated our learnings from this project into a report, and a series of short videos which can be found on this webpage. Sitting alongside the report is a Toolkit which provides a range of ideas and activities to support community-led climate action.
These resources are aimed at a range of audiences; some may be more relevant to you than others, but together they set out how we can identify the climate action initiatives relevant to your place.
What is on this page
Highlights video from Climate Action Towns
Our report: summary of key recommendations
A series of short videos explaining;
All films by Bircan Birol
Our report: summary of key ingredients for community climate action
Our report is a summary from the three-year Climate Action Towns project. It provides a reflection of what we have learned, and snapshots from each of the nine towns involved. We have pulled together the five key ingredients to taking place-based climate action. This sits alongside a Toolkit which provides a range of ideas and activities to support community-led climate action.
The five ingredients to take community climate action we have identified are:
- Start with what matters to your community: bring together different voices
- Understand the climate risks in your place: use maps, workshops and data to identify climate risks
- Build capacity and collaboration: build community capacity to maintain momentum
- Develop ideas for action: invite the community to agree on the priorities to get greater buy-in
- Share plans and take the first step: co-design a plan and put it into action
Toolkit: how to take action
If you want to get involved, you can find out more in our Toolkit which shares resources on how to take action.
With this toolkit we take you through the process as followed by the Climate Action Towns team, and the tools used. This helps to break it down into manageable steps.
Find out more about our Climate Action Towns project
Our work across nine towns in Scotland supported the delivery of relevant, place appropriate climate actions. Over a 3-year project we have worked within each town to co-design the priorities of each place, identify opportunities, build capacity and support, and enable collaborations.
To find out more about the overall project click on the link below.