We are thrilled to share the first What If? podcast with you!
Paul, the ‘Story Weaver’ from the Scottish Communities Climate Action Network, has expertly started weaving our story together. Enjoy listening to Part 1 today. The next two parts will be released over the next two weeks.
The first part of a virtual visit to Dunbar to hear about the work of development trust Sustaining Dunbar and the life and resonance of conservationist John Muir.
Listen to more ‘1000 Better Stories’ episodes below.
Narrative change workshop: Co-creating adaptation targets with communities – 1000 Better Stories
In this episode, Kaska Hempel explores the ideas behind the Narrating Change workshop – a creative experiment in using storytelling to bring community voices into climate adaptation policy-making.
You will hear from researcher and workshop lead Emma Yule, and community participant Luke Fraser who is based in Orkney. They share what they got out of the session, and reflect on their wider ideas of adaptation and resilience in our communities and how the current Scottish Government policy fits into the picture.
The workshop was delivered by SCCAN in partnership with King’s College London, and funded by KCL’s Impact Accelerator.
Credits:
Production, interviews, editing – Kaska Hempel
Resources:
Community Adaptation Routemap – Adaptation Scotland: https://adaptation.scot/take-action/community-climate-adaptation-routemap/
Preparing for climate impacts resources on SCCAN website: https://sccan.scot/climate-adaptation/
Scottish National Adaptation Plan 3 (SNAP3) explainer https://adaptation.scot/about/about-the-scottish-governments-national-adaptation-plan-snap3/
Climate Change Adaptation: A primer with Emma Yule on the Local Zero podcast: https://www.localzeropod.com/episodes/c2z1qopayyftugl6stj9cocguu9vsp
Luke Fraser’s “hats”:
https://www.aquatera.co.uk/
https://northronaldsaytrust.com/
https://www.scottish-islands-federation.co.uk/
Carbon Neutral Islands Project: https://cni.scot/
National Island Plan: https://www.gov.scot/publications/national-plan-scotlands-islands/
UK Met Office analysis of weather in Spring 2025 https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/news-and-media/media-centre/weather-and-climate-news/2025/double-record-breaker-spring-2025-is-warmest-and-sunniest-on-uk-record
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