Climate change: Action hubs being extended across Scotland

Earth and worms is a community garden on land behind a pharmacy in the Tillydrone area of Aberdeen.

It relies on volunteers to keep down the weeds but turns food waste into compost and provides local produce.

It also grows wildflowers to help combat nature loss.

Lucy Edwards, who runs the project, said: “If there’s food produced here then it’s shared with practically zero food miles.

“It goes from here to the neighbouring house which is not only good for nutrition – the vegetables will be absolutely at their best – but it also saves transport costs.”

The project was visited by the Scottish government’s net-zero secretary Mairi McAllan, who recently announced that key climate change targets were being scrapped.

Despite the move, she insisted the government has treated climate change action as urgent since declaring a climate emergency in 2019.

She added: “We’re considering matters across the piece, not just because of a new first minister but actually because of that work I need to do with the legislative framework.

“But the bottom line remains that Scotland’s climate targets, when changed, will remain exceptionally stretching.”