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Official Report
Meeting date:
21 February 2017
Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee 21 February 2017
At its next meeting on 28 February, the committee will consider its draft report on the Scottish Government’s draft climate change plan, RPP3.
Official Report
Meeting date:
13 January 2022
Public Audit Committee 13 January 2022
Is it possible that NHS Highland will require some level of brokerage from the Scottish Government in the current financial year, given the other things that we are taking into account?
Last updated:
3 November 2025
Cairngorm Funicular Railway Written submission Parkswatch Scotland 3 November 2025
He was also an expert skier and mountaineer, playing key roles in UK and world representative bodies and had been a board member of Scottish Natural Heritage and the Scottish Sports Council.
Committee reports
Date published:
27 February 2026
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee Report on the Draft Climate Change Plan - Business and Industrial Process and Negative Emissions Technologies
Business and Industrial Process and Negative Emissions Technologies
This sector includes emissions from non-residential buildings, industry and NETs, with the CCC considering non-residential buildings to be partly devolved but industry and NETs mainly reserved.iCCC, Scotland's Carbon Budgets, May 2025, pgs 76, 83, 97 This sector accounts for 18% of Scotland's total emissions.iiDraft Climate Change Plan, Annex 2, pg 94 Emissions from industry have reduced by 60% since 1990.iiiScottish Government, Scottish Greenhouse Gas Statistics 2023, June 2025, pg 11
The draft Plan projects a 49% reduction in emissions from business and industrial processes (not including NETs) between the first and third carbon budget period.ivDraft Climate Change Plan, Annex 3, pg 56
Emissions from Business and Industrial Process: CCP and CCC pathwaysCCC, Scotland's Carbon Budgets, May 2025 & Draft Climate Change Plan, annex 3Policies in this sector include:
Engaging with the UK Government on the UK Emissions Trading Scheme;
to continue the Scottish Industrial Energy Transformation Fund, to support industrial manufacturing decarbonisation;
to work with the UK Government to support the delivery, including in relation to planning, of CCUS and the Acorn project;
to continue to "explore and understand the potential" of NETs in Scotland; and
to support the development of the hydrogen sector in Scotland.vDraft Climate Change Plan, Annex 3, pgs 95-97
Scrutiny of the Business and Industrial Process and NETs chapter of the draft Plan was carried out by the Economy and Fair Work Committee, who wrote to the Committee on 29 January 2026 with a summary of the evidence heard, and their conclusions and recommendations (though this Committee did consider evidence on NETs during scrutiny of the Energy Supply sector - this is covered in that section of our report).
Committee reports
Date published:
27 February 2026
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee Report on the Draft Climate Change Plan - Energy Supply
Electricity supply is also a critical part of the Scottish Government's pathway to net zero, which involves scaling up “electricity-hungry” technologies like heat pumps and EVs.
Last updated:
1 April 2025
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Scottish Ministers, special advisers and the Permanent Secretary are covered by the terms of the Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016.
Last updated:
24 March 2025
Public Sector Reform DFM to PAC FPAC 24 Mar 2025
Scottish Ministers, special advisers and the Permanent Secretary are covered by the terms of the Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016.
Last updated:
4 February 2022
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The latest MTFS was published alongside the Scottish Budget 2022-23 on 9 December, however it is expected to return to the usual May publication date in 2022.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
21 September 2022
SPICe Bill Summaries - Session 5 - Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Bill
Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Bill
Bill Number: SP Bill 30
Introduced on: 23 May 2018
Introduced by: Roseanna Cunningham MSP (Government Bill)
Passed: 25 September 2019
Royal Assent: 31 October 2019
Passage of the Bill
The Environment Climate Change and Land Reform Committee scrutinised the...
Committee reports
Date published:
19 June 2020
Legislative Consent Memorandum - UK Environment Bill - Committee Consideration
Committee Consideration
At the outset of its considerationEnvironment Bill page, the Committee wroteLetter from the Convener of the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee to the Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform. to the Cabinet Secretary for the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform seeking further information on a number of aspects of the Bill.
