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Culture for Climate Scotland

Creative Change: Our Year of Impact 2025-26

Launched during Scotland's Climate Week, Culture for Climate Scotland's 2025-26 impact report showcases a year of action, learning and connection helping the country's arts, culture and screen sectors turn climate ambition into practical action.

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Culture for Climate Scotland (formerly Creative Carbon Scotland) works with arts, culture and screen organisations and freelancers to help them take practical action on climate change and drive the transformational change Scotland needs.

Key Metrics

Events delivered 111+ events, talks, workshops and training sessions delivered across Scotland in 2025-26, with more than 1,324 attendees.
New organisations reporting 140 new organisations successfully introduced to environmental reporting in 2025-26.
Audience reached 3,540 subscribers across three regular newsletters and 10,787 social media followers engaging with culture and climate content.
Resources published 17 new or updated resources published and 27 videos added to the organisation's Vimeo channel in 2025-26.

Key Outcomes

  • Arts, culture and screen organisations across Scotland turned climate ambition into practical action through environmental reporting, collaborative learning and new sustainability guidance.

Geography

Scotland

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