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To coincide with the 26th United Nations climate change conference of the parties—COP26—summit, Education Scotland is providing a series of online countdown-to-COP26 events for schools, and the learning for sustainability awards 2021, which will be announced on 27 October, will also help to gather and share examples of sustainability education across Scotla...
The Arctic Council, which has been mentioned, brings together the nations with territory in the Arctic circle: the USA, Canada, Russia, Denmark, Iceland, Sweden, Norway and Finland.
I hope that that will have also picked up areas where people were digitally excluded or having issues with completing the census online. Obviously, there was a helpline and other means to support people to either complete the census online or get access to paper copies of it.
During inspection we observed that there were occasions where staff missed opportunities to clean their hands including before and after contact with patients. A requirement has been given to support improvement in this area.
That, plus air travel, climate change, urbanisation and increased human-animal contact, means that the conditions for pandemics are tilted towards it being a real risk.
Committee reports
Date published:
12 December 2025
The Official Report of the evidence session on 14 May is available online.
Several of the witnesses set out the scale of the challenge facing business and vulnerable individuals from cyber risks.