Community-led projects around Scotland have been awarded £2.86 million to help tackle climate change.
Thirty-three projects around the country are to receive Climate Challenge Fund awards which aim to support local communities to take action on climate change and move to low-carbon living.
They include the Glasgow Nepalese Association which has been awarded £41,550 to provide home energy efficiency advice, community workshops and a bicycle club to the local Nepalese community.
Another recipient is the McLaren Community Leisure Centre in Callander, Stirlingshire, which has been awarded £149,827 to reduce energy use and carbon emissions through improvements to the centre's roof insulation and lighting.
Climate Change Minister Aileen McLeod said: "Climate change is one of the most serious challenges to global society and the natural environment both at home and abroad. We know that reducing greenhouse gas emissions isn't easy, but the Scottish Government takes climate change extremely seriously. This is why we have set the most ambitious global targets to cut emissions.
"Some of the best initiatives to reduce carbon are devised and delivered at a local level."
More than £64 million has been invested in the fund which has helped 527 community led organisations across Scotland tackle climate change at a local level.
The Climate Challenge Fund (CCF) is a Scottish Government programme, managed and developed by Keep Scotland Beautiful, whose chief executive Derek Robertson said: "We congratulate the latest projects to be awarded Climate Challenge Fund and Junior Climate Challenge Fund grants and look forward to working closely with them in the implementation of their projects."
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