Climate change is on the agenda for pupils across Falkirk’s secondary schools this week (Wednesday 28 October) as they put forward their initial views to a meeting of the Climate Change Action Stakeholder Working Group (CCASWG).

The Group, made up from a cross-party group of councillors as well as officials, was set up to address the climate emergency declared by Falkirk Council in September 2019.

For the first time, pupils have been invited to put forward their priorities on climate change, transport and many other issues affecting global climate change.

At the local level, the group will look at how the Council can reduce its own and the wider area’s greenhouse gas emissions, increase energy efficiency and help embed climate change throughout the organisation and the wider community.

Pupils will join the group every second meeting and it is hoped that all secondary schools are able to attend each meeting.

Chair of the CCASWG Councillor Paul Garner said: “Climate change is a massive concern for all of us and needs to be tackled and both a local level and globally.

“This group will bring together cross-party representation as well as that of young people so that we can all pool our thoughts to develop a local action plan of measures we can take.

“We are making headway with various ideas such as using more electric vehicles and banning single use plastic but clearly there is a long way to go.”