Community Planning Partnership Argyll and Bute
Climate Change Action Signposting Page
Welcome to this Climate Change signposting page. People throughout Argyll and Bute have been and are working hard to tackle many of the issues that affect Climate Change. We have pulled together links to other web pages that may be of interest. They highlight what partners, agencies, community groups and individuals are doing across Argyll and Bute to support the fight against Climate Change. Supporting and highlighting climate change is a key theme for the Community Planning Partnership.
Funding opportunities for Climate Change projects
We have created a funders search to highlight funding opportunities under the Climate Change heading
To help navigation we have grouped the activities into six headings.
Positive Action
We have identified the following links to websites highlighting ways for you to get involved. They provide general information about climate change activity with opportunities to get involved.
Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park
Argyll and the Isles Coast & Countryside Trust (act)
Conservation
Our natural environment faces significant threats from the climate crisis. The links here take you to websites that show, what is being done to try and overcome some of the effects challenging our long term future.
Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park - Conservation
Argyl and the Isles Coast & Countryside Trust - Conservation and Biodiversity
Food supply and biodiversity
Biodiversity is vital to our wellbeing and key to our quality of life in Argyll and Bute. A healthy and stable environment is central to economic prosperity and the area’s desirability as a place to live, work and visit. The state of our biodiversity is a fundamental indicator of whether we are achieving a sustainable future for Argyll and Bute. Looking at our food supply chains can allow us to investigate growing local food helping to reduce food miles and maximise reuse and recycling.
Helensburgh Tree Conservation Trust
Seawilding - native oyster and seagrass restoration
Green Shoots - Community Garden
Alternative power generation
Active travel is all about getting you moving from A to B in ways that don’t use fossil fuels. Active travel not only improves your health and wellbeing, but helps reduce your carbon footprint and saves you money. You can save money on your bills at the same time as reducing your carbon footprint. That can involve being more energy efficient, generating your own renewable energy, switching to a green tariff or insulating your home to keep the heat in. We’ve found these local links to things happening on the ground.
Fyne Futures - Car Bute (car hire)
Appin Community Development Trust - community transport
Reducing waste and Reuse
Recycling plastic, paper and other waste products is an incredible way to keep a lot of those items from ending up in our oceans or landfills. Argyll and Bute have many group working hard to make a difference. Just take a look at what’s going on.
Mess Mull and Iona - beach cleans
Raising awareness and information
Public awareness is important to increase enthusiasm, support and action, and mobilise local knowledge and resources. These links highlight local efforts and actions to raise awareness.
Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park - climate emergency
Forestry and Land Scotland - climate emergency
Decarbonisation Plans and Reports
Many of our Community Planning Partners are required to share their action plans and report their progress towards targets. You can find links to these reports and plans listed below.
- Argyll and Bute Council Decarbonisation Plan
- SNH's Climate Change Commitments 2019
- Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Strategic Plan 2019-22
- Historic Environment Scotland Guide to Climate Change Impacts
- Highlands and the Islands Update to the Climate Change Plan 2018 – 2032
- Skills Development Scotland Climate Change Strategy 2020-2030
- Scottish Environment Protection Agency Climate Change Commitment Statement
- Sports Scotland Sustainability Reports
- Scottish Enterprise’s Net Zero Framework for Action