Cross-Party Group on Sustainable Transport 20 June 2023, 18:00 Topic: Ferry decarbonisation Held as a hybrid meeting in person at the Scottish Parliament and online Present MSPs Graham Simpson MSP (Convener, chairing) Ariane Burgess MSP Invited guests Guest speaker: Asbjørn Torvanger (Senior Research Fellow at Centre for International Climate and Environmental Research Oslo, CICERO) Guest speaker: Neil Kermode (Managing Director at European Marine Energy Centre, EMEC) Non-MSP Group Members In-person Josh Hill (Office of Graham Simpson MSP) Ian Budd (Friends of the Far North Line) David Giles (Scottish Association for Public Transport) Laura Hyde-White (Transform Scotland) Colin Howden (Transform Scotland) Aaron McHale (Individual) Paul Tetlaw (Transform Scotland) Vic MacKinlay (Light Rail UK) Online Lara Fahey (EAUC Scotland) Brian Fulton (CMAL) Mike Harrison (SATA) Sara Collier (Confederation for Passenger Transport) Douglas Bryce (Disability Equality Scotland) Hillary Stubbs (MACS) Craig Laws (Enterprise Holdings) Jenny Milne (Scottish Rural and Islands Transport Community) Apologies Jane Ann Liston (Railfuture Scotland) Allison Cosgrove (Railfuture Scotland) Brian Whittle MSP Mark Ruskell MSP Welcome and introductions The Convener, Graham Simpson MSP, welcomed the in-person and online attendees and noted that as part of the short inquiry into the decarbonisation of transport, this session will consider the topic of decarbonising ferries.