Scottish Climate Week: How communities can take climate action
/This article was featured in the SCDC Weekly - 25h September 2024.
During Scottish Climate Week, we've published a new resource which explores the community development perspective around the climate crisis - and how communities are taking action on this pressing issue.
Community development is built upon collective action - people coming together to take action on the issues important to them. When it comes to addressing climate change, this collective response has shown to help reduce carbon emissions, lessen climate anxiety and address the inequalities we already see across our society.
This focus on social and economic justice is key, because we know the impacts of climate change are worse for those who have the least wealth and power.
That's why work that supports people in communities to build, skills, knowledge and confidence is key if we're to see these community-led responses across our communities.
While significant systematic changes to our economy and how policy is delivered are required, strong communities empowered to take action is a crucial part of our overall climate response.
Our new resource includes a 60-second climate explainer, an article on how communities can take climate action, an overview of what climate policy means for communities, and a collection of useful links and resources
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