Climate Action Committee

1. Decisions on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 3 and 4 in private. 2. The environmental impacts of hyperscale data centres inquiry – evidence: The Committee will take evidence from— Colin Lindsay, Developer and Hydrogen Services Manager, Scottish Water Horizons; Giulio Santori, Reader, University of Edinburgh; Professor Mark Parsons, EPCC Director, EPCC, University of Edinburgh; Ana Valdivia, Lecturer in AI, Government & Policy, University of Oxford; and then from— Dr Gemma Bone Dodds, Chair, Lothian Heat. Simon Kerr, Head of Heat Networks, SAV-Systems. Andrea Marinoni, Associate Professor of Applied Remote Sensing, UiT the Arctic University of Norway and Affiliated Lecturer, Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Cambridge. 3. Scottish Government's Budget 2027-28 – approach: The Committee will consider its approach to its scrutiny of the Scottish Government's Budget 2027-28. 4. Environmental Standards Scotland engine idling laws air quality investigation: Scottish Government improvement plan – approach: The Committee will consider its approach to its scrutiny of the Environmental Standards Scotland engine idling laws air quality investigation: Scottish Government improvement plan. 5. The environmental impacts of hyperscale data centres inquiry – review of evidence: (In Private) The Committee will review the evidence heard under agenda item 2.