Scottish Communities Climate Action Network’s (CAN) aim is to enable, facilitate and support the transformational change to a post-carbon future. CAN are a grassroots network of community groups that are acting on climate change. As a ‘community of communities’ CAN provide a shared vision and voice for our members and work to address barriers and challenges, enabling communities to shape their own low-carbon future and promote local resilience and well-being. 

CAN seek to support and facilitate community groups into climate change action. Address barriers and challenges to action on climate change. Provide a voice to communicate a shared vision to the wider world and broadcast good practice and innovation.

CAN understand that communities have a unique and crucial role in creating a sustainable, post-carbon future – creating sustainable, resilient places for us each to live is what this is all about. Government and national NGOs have a clear role to play in supporting communities, but delivering a low carbon Scotland is about communities leading, and being empowered to do so. CAN’s Vision for Scotland in 2024 was an outcome from our 2014 members conference.

To get access to CAN’s monthly newsletter or to view their projects and events, partnerships and other freely available resources visit their website HERE.

References: Scottish Communities Climate Action Network. (2018). Retrieved from http://www.scottishcommunitiescan.org.uk/