Chamber and committees

Climate Action Committee

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Meeting Agenda

3rd Meeting, 2026

• Date: Thursday, September 17, 2026
• Session: 7
• Location: Committee Room 1
• Start time: 09:00am
• Published: Monday, September 14, 2026 11:47am

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1 Declaration of interests

Donald MacKinnon will be invited to declare any relevant interests.

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2 Decisions on taking business in private

The Committee will decide whether to take items 4 and 5 in private and whether its consideration of its work programme should be taken in private at its next meeting.

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3 Climate Action – evidence

The Committee will take evidence from—

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Witnesses

Gillian Martin, Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Rural Affairs, Scottish Government

Phil Raines, Joint Deputy Director, Domestic Climate Change Division, DECC, Scottish Government

Anne Aitken, Deputy Director, Environmental Quality & Resilience Division, ENFOR, Scottish Government

Elizabeth Burgess, Head of Biodiversity Unit, Nature Division, ENFOR, Scottish Government

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20260917_CA_PAPER_1 posted 14/09/2026 (Ref: CA/S7/26/3/1, 124KB, pdf)

CA/S7/26/3/2(P) (Private Paper)

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4 Climate Action – consideration of evidence

The Committee will consider the evidence heard under agenda item 3.

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5 Inquiry into the environmental impacts of AI data centres – approach

The Committee will consider its approach to the inquiry.

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

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