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N et Zero, Energy and Transport Committee Gillian Martin MSP Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy Scottish Government 11 December 2025 Dear Cabinet Secretary, Ecocide (Scotland) Bill Thank you for providing evidence on the Bill on 2 December.
Alison Cumming Public Audit Committee Director of Budget and Public Spending Room T3.60 Scottish Government The Scottish Parliament EDINBURGH EH99 1SP By email only Email: [email protected] 26 July 2023 Dear Alison, Major Capital Projects Thank you for giving evidence to the Public Audit Committee on 29 June 2023 in relation to the Scottish Government’s Major Capital Projects update – March 2023.
As chair of the Scottish Blue Carbon Forum, I was pleased to see blue carbon moving up the agenda in the context of nature-based solutions that provide the potential for both climate mitigation and adaptation.
Just to clarify, in relation to the Scottish supersponsorship scheme, Highland Council has said: “The lack of funding instructions from SG prevents the Council from planning ahead for this resettlement scheme.”
Climate change governance
The Committee agreed to hold two evidence sessions on how the Scottish Government is working to address the challenge of climate change.
The Committee recommends that the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee continues to take a lead role in the scrutiny of the Scottish Government’s annual progress in performance against policies and proposals in the Plan, given its over-arching responsibilities in relation to climate change.
To Ariane Burgess I say this—she found time to blame the UK Government, but the blame here sits with the Scottish Government, and the Scottish Government alone.
Oxfam sees COP26 as an opportunity to inspire global climate action, and the charity called for the Scottish Government to use its role in the under2 coalition and on the wellbeing economy Governments forums to demonstrate credible climate justice examples.
(Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2019 [draft] were first laid before the Scottish Parliament on 19 June 2019 and referred to the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee.