The Scottish Government has granted £600,000 towards tackling climate change for communities in Africa.

The funding is part of the government's Climate Justice Fund, which will distribute £3 million per year over five years to help developing countries deal with the challenges of a changing climate.

Among the six initiatives to benefit from the £600,000 grant include; a project to install a solar-powered electricity grid to power a cooling system for milk production, upgrading water and electricity infrastructure in a small farming community in Malawi, turning waste into energy and recyclable plastic in an urban area of central Zambia, and improving the nutrition of schoolchildren in Malawi.

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Climate Change Secretary Roseanna Cunningham said: "Climate change is a huge injustice. The poorest and most vulnerable people across the world are the hardest hit, but they have not caused the problem. Scotland has cut its greenhouse gas emissions by over 40% and is championing climate justice because we take our international obligations very seriously and we know that countries like Scotland have a clear moral duty to make sure our lifestyles do not cause harm to the world's poorest people.

"I am proud of our innovative Climate Justice Fund which is providing much needed investment to empower many thousands of people in Africa's most vulnerable communities to find new skills and their own solutions to make them resilient in the face of climate change."

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