Cross-Party Group on Nature and Climate Wednesday, 19 June 2024 at 12:00-13:30 Minute Present MSP Attendees Mark Ruskell MSP Maurice Golden MSP Non-MSP Group Attendees Io Hadjicosta (Office of Mark Ruskell MSP) Kaley Cochran (Office of Brian Whittle MSP) Juliet Caldwell (Scottish Environment LINK) Dan Paris (Scottish Environment LINK) Mark Reed (SRUC) Gilly Mendes Ferreira (Scottish SPCA) Calum Duncan (Marine Conservation Society) Andrew Heald ( Consultant) John Uttley (NatureScot) Lorna Dawson (James Hutton Institute) Chris Perkins (SMEEF) Fiona Partington (Fife Coast & Countryside Trust) Susan Szymborski Welsh (Scottish Forestry) Imogen Casdwaladr-Rimmer (SRUC) Josselyn Rizo Olguin (John Muir Trust) Kieran Thomas (Butterfly Conservation Trust) Kirsty Tait (Food, Farming & Countryside Commission) Linsey Mortimer (ecus) Pat Snowdon (Scottish Forestry) Jason Ormiston (NatureScot) Peter Baker (Edinburgh Innovations) Juliette Camburn (Keep Scotland Beautiful) Victoria Loughlan (UK Infrastructure Bank) Colin Brown (ecus) Karen Blackport (Bright Green Nature) Ruchir Shah (Scottish Wildlife Trust) Thomas Widrow (John Muir Trust) Phoebe Cochrane (Scottish Environment LINK) Claire Dailey (WWF Scotland) James Merchant (Marine Conservation Society) Kerry Waylen (James Hutton Institute) 1 Diarmid Hearns (National Trust for Scotland) Apologies Finlay Carson MSP, Monica Lennon MSP, Mercedes Villalba MSP, Meghan Gallacher MSP, Beatrice Wishart MSP Agenda Item 1: Welcome to CPG Nature and Climate Mark Ruskell MSP welcomed members and speakers to the CPG meeting.