Empowering Change in Argyll and Bute: Improving Lives Through Climate Action

at ABCAN, we are here to help, we are dedicated to creating a sustainable future for the community of Argyll and Bute. Through our values of collaboration, innovation, and resilience, we aim to drive impactful climate action initiatives. Using effective methods, we empower individuals and organizations to make positive changes that will improve lives and protect the environment for future generations.

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Effective Collaboration to Support
Community Action

The aim of the ABCAN Hub is to support every Argyll and Bute resident and community face the challenge of climate change. It will identify, facilitate, and give a voice to localised community led climate action, to raise awareness of our carbon impact, and mitigate key climate themes that will work towards a net zero Argyll & Bute.
With Scottish Government funding, and overseen by a collaboration between the Argyll & the Isles Coast & Countryside Trust (ACT), Argyll & Bute Third Sector Interface and Time for Change Argyll & Bute, the ABCAN Hub has established resources to coordinate and build on current climate activities, deliver carbon literacy training, facilitate climate conversations, provide seed funding for climate mitigation, engage with hard-to-reach groups and identify opportunities for partnership working across the region to ensure that Argyll & Bute has a cohesive approach to tackling climate change in our communities.

ABCAN Aims

Argyll & Bute communities have the confidence and capacity to respond to the climate emergency.
Broad collaboration and networking, ensuring the engagement is representative of Argyll & Bute communities.
Increased community-level mitigation or adaptation/climate resilient actions.
Argyll & Bute communities are empowered to be involved in and influence policy and decision-making.

Our Methods

Deliver free, widely accessible, and locally relevant accredited climate literacy training
Facilitate climate conversations and a wider dialogue on local climate engagement and action
Provide seed funding for community climate action (+£48K in 23/24)
Engage with hard-to-reach groups
Continue to develop focus groups on the themes of Energy, Food, Housing, & Transport
Identify opportunities for partnership working across the region to ensure that Argyll & Bute has a cohesive approach to tackling climate change in our communities.