John Swinney MSP has tabled a motion in The Scottish Parliament in support of Climate Cafés® and welcoming their impact.
This motion has received cross party support and will be debated in the Chamber in a Members’ Business Debate on Thursday 5th October after First Minister’s Questions.
Thank you to John Swinney MSP for this support and acknowledgement of Climate Cafés and to all Members of the Scottish Parliament who have shown their support.
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The full text of this motion:
That the Parliament welcomes the growing number of community-led Climate Cafés emerging across Scotland and around the world; values the role of a Climate Café in creating what it sees as a welcoming, inclusive, safe space within a community that is open to everyone to chat and act on climate; believes that Climate Cafés benefit from being creative, intergenerational spaces, creating space for connections right across a community and leadership from children and young people; considers that local chat and climate action sparked by Climate Cafés has already had significant positive impacts, including, it understands, initiating engaging projects to reduce waste and energy costs, music events, fashion shows, swap shops, films, as well as international engagement, dialogue with local authorities and lots of collaboration across communities; understands that the home of the original Climate Café Dunkeld & Birnam, which was founded in 2015, hosts the Hub to support Climate Cafés to start up and to connect with other Climate Cafés to share ideas, support and learning; values the Climate Cafés across rural and urban Scotland, as more emerge in the Highlands, while established in Aberdeen, with vibrant new Climate Cafés in Inverness and Dundee, and notes that more communities, schools, workplaces and campuses are encouraged to consider establishing pop-up Climate Café spaces to chat and act on climate.
This Motion has been supported by the following Members of the Scottish Parliament:
Karen Adam, Colin Beattie, Sarah Boyack, Stephanie Callaghan, Pam Duncan-Glancy, Annabelle Ewing, Kenneth Gibson, Clare Haughey, Bill Kidd, Monica Lennon, Rona Mackay, Ivan McKee, Stuart McMillan, Audrey Nicoll, Mark Ruskell, Kevin Stewart, Paul Sweeney, David Torrance, Evelyn Tweed, Mercedes Villalba
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