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Welcome to the Our Climate Matters homepage. This is an interactive website for you to explore Fife Council climate projects, strategies and actions.
Fife Council and partners are taking actions to address climate change. Look at this website’s pages for specific information, updates and resources including maps, dashboards and partner websites to learn more about what we are doing and what you can do at home.
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Fife is not immune to the impact of global climate change. We are already seeing increased flooding and changes in natural ecosystems. Recognising this, Fife Council declared a climate emergency in 2019. This was followed by the release of the Climate Fife 2024 Strategy and Action Plan.
As Fife’s infrastructure was designed for different weather patterns and for a lower sea level we will need to plan for these significant changes.
Erosion from both the sea and rainwater will be a main challenge for us. These could occur catastrophically or slowly over time. This has the potential to create crises in Fife if preventative action is not taken.
This means thinking about what is needed across a wide range of basic infrastructure such as homes, buildings, roads, tourist locations, farmland soil and the quality of our local environment.
