Chamber and committees

Climate Action Committee

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Meeting Agenda

9th Meeting, 2026

• Date: Thursday, November 12, 2026
• Session: 7
• Location: Committee Room 1
• Start time: 09:15am
• Published: Monday, November 9, 2026 04:37pm

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1 Decisions on taking business in private

The Committee will decide whether to take items 3 and 4 in private.

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2 The environmental impacts of hyperscale data centres inquiry – evidence

The Committee will take evidence from—

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Witnesses

Colin Lindsay, Developer and Hydrogen Services Manager, Scottish Water Horizons

Giulio Santori, Reader, University of Edinburgh

Professor Mark Parsons, EPCC Director, EPCC, University of Edinburgh

Ana Valdivia, Lecturer in AI, Government & Policy, University of Oxford

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Dr Gemma Bone Dodds, Chair, Lothian Heat

Simon Kerr, Head of Heat Networks, SAV-Systems

Andrea Marinoni, Associate Professor of Applied Remote Sensing, UiT the Arctic University of Norway and Affiliated Lecturer, Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Cambridge

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Environmental Impacts of Hyperscale Data Centres Clerk note posted 09/11/2026 (Ref: CA/S7/26/9/1, 246KB, pdf)

CA/S7/26/9/2(P) (Private Paper)

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3 Scottish Government's Budget 2027-28 – approach

The Committee will consider its approach to its scrutiny of the Scottish Government's Budget 2027-28.

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CA/S7/26/9/3(P) (Private Paper)

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4 Environmental Standards Scotland engine idling laws air quality investigation: Scottish Government improvement plan – approach

The Committee will consider its approach to its scrutiny of the Environmental Standards Scotland engine idling laws air quality investigation: Scottish Government improvement plan.

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CA/S7/26/9/4(P) (Private Paper)

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5 The environmental impacts of hyperscale data centres inquiry – review of evidence (in private) (Private)

The Committee will review the evidence heard under agenda item 2.

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