Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland c/o Scottish Environment Link Dolphin House, 4 Hunter Square Edinburgh, EH1 1QW Contact: Benjamin Brown, Policy & Advocacy Officer Email: Mobile: Edward Mountain MSP Convenor, Net Zero, Energy & Transport Committee Scottish Government St Andrew's House Regent Road Edinburgh EH1 3DG Cc: Ben MacPherson MSP, Deputy Convenor, Net Zero, Energy & Transport Committee 2 July 2024 Dear Convener, Review of environmental governance and compliance with MoP Decision VII/8s I am writing in response to the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee (ACCC)’s first progress review of the UK’s implementation of recommendations outlined in the 2021 Meeting of the Parties (MoP) Decision VII/8s, to highlight how it supports arguments made by the Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland (ERCS) during our evidence submission to the Net Zero, Energy & Transport (NZET) Committee on environmental governance in January 2024.