Last Wednesday, the SBCAN team attended the Scottish Government's Climate Hubs Scotland Gathering in Stirling. SBCAN is one of 24 Climate Hubs in Scotland, supporting local communities to take climate action, build resilience, and contribute to net-zero goals. Our team members were able to speak to Gillian Martin MSP, Cabinet Secretary with portfolio for Climate Action and Rural Affairs, about SBCAN's Youth and Farming work in the Scottish Borders. Ms Martin was particularly enthusiastic to hear about the work being done alongside Youth groups in the Borders.
The SBCAN team attended talks and workshops including over the day including a talk from Moray CAN about decarbonising sports clubs and gaining media attention for climate action through sport; whilst East Lothian hub led a session about their collaborative work with landowners on restoring and planting hedgerows. There was also time to catch up with other climate hubs to discuss what has been effective in engaging communities in their work. During the afternoon session there were round table discussions such as 'how do we best feed our regions?'