Climate Action Fife is a brand new project bringing together individuals, communities, local government and businesses to tackle the climate emergency and make Fife a greener and fairer place to live. It is a Fife-wide partnership project between Greener Kirkcaldy, Fife Council, Fife College and Fife Communities Climate Action Network.

We’ve been awarded £197,289 from the National Lottery Community Fund’s new £100 million Climate Action Fund to deliver an 18-month cross-sector climate action project. Between October 2020 and March 2022, we’ll pilot a range of activities to build capacity in communities across Fife to take action on climate change, engage people from all backgrounds and sectors, tackle carbon emissions and deliver ambitious longer-term plans.

Project activities will include:

  • Climate change communications, training and engagement events for a range of audiences
  • Innovative behavior change activities encouraging climate-friendly businesses, climate-friendly homes and gardens, climate-friendly food and climate-friendly holidays
  • Feasibility studies into the potential for a Fife community renewable energy project, a community tree planting strategy and a community cycling manifesto
  • Testing different approaches to getting more community groups across Fife involved in action on climate change

The ideas in this project come from our community. You’ve told us that you want to see ambitious action on climate change and that individuals, communities, government and business should work together to make this happen. In March 2020, we commissioned the Fife People’s Panel, a market research service provided by Fife Council’s research team, to carry out a survey about local attitudes towards climate change. 416 people took part online from all parts of Fife and a wide range of backgrounds. According to the survey, 83% of Fifers believe that climate change is an immediate and urgent problem, whilst 88% feel that individuals, communities, government and businesses will need to work together to tackle climate change.

Climate Action Fife is the first project in Scotland to be funded by the National Lottery Community Fund’s Climate Action Fund. The Climate Action Fund is the newest fund from the National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the UK. The new fund aims to enable people and communities to take the lead in tackling the climate emergency by building a network of people and communities, well-placed to drive change, between and beyond their community.

Find out more or get involved

Contact Project Manager, Lauren Brook, by emailing lauren@greenerkirkcaldy.org.uk

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