COP26 and community climate action in Scotland

Now that it's all over, Kaska Hempel talks to SCCAN members about their participation in COP26, their most memorable moments and thoughts on what it all means for community climate action in Scotland.

Our guests included:

• Joana Avi-Lore, SCCAN Events and Story Weaver
• Philip Revell, SCCAN Convenor and member of Sustaining Dunbar
• Cornell Hanxomphou from CEMVO Scotland, Ethnic Minorities Environmental Network
• Alison Stewart, Aberdeen Climate Action and the brand new North East Scotland Climate Action Network (NESCAN)
• Andrea Elder, Greener Kirkcaldy and Climate Action Fife
• Lynsey Penny, Gatechurch Carbon Saving Project, Dundee
• Kaska Hempel, PLANT (People Learning About Nature in Tayport)

We also feature a wee teaser of another fab pod in our Scottish climate family - Local Zero. Check out their feed from last year for some excellent coverage of the events on the ground.

Credits

Episode recorded and edited by Kaska Hempel.

Includes excerpts from film about Tayport Climate Festival, shot and edited by Alex Caldow. Music from performance by Essa Flett.

Resources

Joana Avi-Lore

• Net Zero Nation SCCAN stall at Green Zone: https://www.scottishcommunitiescan.org.uk/we-are-net-zero-nation/ 
• SCCAN Climate Reflections and Witness Series at the National Mining Museum (part of Midlothian Climate Beacon): https://www.scottishcommunitiescan.org.uk/climate-reflections-witness-report-series/ 
• COP26 Workshop Walk in Beauty: Future Dreaming through Indigenous Knowledges and Western Science: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjVMYXkEVn0
• Climate Beacons https://www.creativecarbonscotland.com/project/climate-beacons-for-cop26/ 

Philip Revell

• Pilgrimage for COP26: https://artandecology.earth/pilgrimage-for-cop26/ 
• North Light Arts: https://northlightarts.org.uk/ 
• John Muir Birthplace: https://www.jmbt.org.uk/ 
• COP26 Green Zone event hosted by Brian Eno: Arts and the Imagination in transformational change https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAtq2_nsjKo 
• Hope's Work -book and website by David Gee https://hopeswork.org/book/

Cornell Hanxomphou

• Migrants Organizing for Rights and Empowerment (MORE Glasgow): https://twitter.com/MOREGlasgow 
• Panel discussion with participation from EMEN: BAME communities must be given seat at the climate table. https://www.holyrood.com/news/view,bame-communities-must-be-given-seat-at-the-climate-table
• Unlocking Climate Solutions: why Indigenous knowledge must take centre stage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoFCgo62k7Y

Alison Stewart

• Panel on Just Transition - Local Zero podcast https://www.energyrev.org.uk/local-zero/local-zero-live/ 
• North East Scotland Climate Action Network (NESCAN) COP26 activities and report: https://aberdeenclimateaction.org/nescan-cop26/ 
• COP26 Coalition regional hubs: https://cop26coalition.org/get-involved/local-hubs/ 
• Holyrood Green Giant Awards: https://www.holyrood.com/news/view,shortlist-announced-for-inaugural-holyrood-green-giant-awards 

Andrea Elder

• Demystifying COP26 GK discussion panel: https://www.greenerkirkcaldy.org.uk/cop26-the-case-for-stubborn-optimism/ 
• Climate Action Fife - Line in the Sand for COP26: https://climateactionfife.org.uk/2021/09/fifers-send-a-clear-climate-message-at-line-in-the-sand-events/
• Raising the Voices of Youth to Participate Holyrood COP26 Fringe panel:  https://vimeo.com/showcase/9009795/video/644453506 
• Andrea Elder’s blog with her reflection on COP26: https://climateactionfife.org.uk/2021/11/a-day-in-glasgow-during-cop26/

Lynsey Penny

• Dundee Cycling Hub launch video: https://youtu.be/-QnwyksT5uo 
• Dundee Council COP26 events programme: https://creativedundee.com/2021/10/dundee-cop26-events-programme/ 
• Storm puppet https://visionmechanics.org/ 

Kaska Hempel

• Video from Tayport Climate Festival: https://youtu.be/p6Gcd5m4ilA
• Tayport 2030 visions from the Climate Festival: https://youtu.be/xhF8yGqUVS0
• Tayport Climate Festival programme: https://tayportgarden.org/events/tayport-climate-festival-24-26-september-2021/