Shetland Islands Council have announced that the Shetland Climate Festival will take place on 9 – 10 June 2023 at the Clickimin Leisure Centre
The two-day festival, which builds on the work of Shetland Climate Week 2022, will feature an exhibition hall showcasing organisations which are working on the six themes of the Shetland Net Zero Route Map: Transport, Energy, Resource Use, Nature Based Solutions, Building/Energy Efficiency, and Business & Industry.
Alongside the exhibition hall there will be programme of workshops, presentations, demonstrations, and other sessions to inform, involve, and empower the community to be able to make climate positive changes in their lives. Local schools have also been invited to submit climate-themed projects for display, and will be given the opportunity to meet with the organisations involved.
The programme will include a range of national and local organisations, highlighting the sector-leading work to tackle climate change being undertaken in Shetland. Confirmed highlights include a lecture by climate change campaigner and strategist Tessa Khan, and talk by Dr Nigel Jollands and Veronica Lysaght of the Novara One World Project who will visit Shetland aboard the Arctic Icebreaking Yacht, Novara. Members of the public will have the opportunity to visit aboard the yacht, hear about the work of the project and discuss how remote and rural communities are tackling issues of climate change. There will also be opportunities to discover more about local and sustainable food with taste of Shetland.
A full programme, including local and national participants, will be released on Shetland Islands Council’s Climate Change webpages in the coming months.
Moraig Lyall, Chair of the Council’s Environment and Transport Committee: ‘It’s great to see Shetland Climate Festival return after last year’s inaugural event, Shetland Climate Week 2022.. The festival highlights the essential work being undertaken here in Shetland to tackle climate change, as well as helping local households and businesses identify ways that they can make changes which will have a positive impact on both the climate and our natural environment and their own financial sustainability.’
High latitude research yacht Novara and an Iceberg