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In November last year, Glasgow held the COP26 Climate Conference. Like many people, we’d also been becoming increasingly aware of news items/articles, research and warnings being issued by climate scientists – which began to make it crystal clear that climate change would have a serious impact across a range of community safety areas of interest....
The SCSN believes the Climate Crisis is the most important issue that we all face. The existential nature of the climate crisis and global warming alone mean that it is worthy of being in all of our thoughts on a daily basis. Community Safety will not escape the impacts of climate change, and indeed, as...
David Barbour, SCSN Communications Officer In October, we ran a webinar on Climate Change and Community Safety. Given that the climate crisis will affect literally everyone, we were aware that it might inevitably impact on community safety too. But it was only when we started giving it some real thought that we began to realise...
By Joana Avi-Lorie Story Weaver at Scottish Communities Climate Action Network I know we are not powerless, but we cannot underestimate the difficulties of changing the stories that makes us think we are. This need to change the story has led many authors, speakers, and community leaders to focus on the empowerment of others, and...