Climate Action Committee

1. Decisions on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 4 and 5 in private. 2. The environmental impacts of hyperscale data centres inquiry – evidence: The Committee will take evidence from— Kat Jones, Director, Action to Protect Rural Scotland; Kim Pratt, Senior Campaigner, Friends of the Earth Scotland; and then from— Rosi Leonard, Data Centre Campaign Lead & Network Development Coordinator, Friends of the Earth Ireland. Professor Hannah Daly, Professor in Sustainable Energy, University College Cork. Ronan Kelly, CEO, Digital Infrastructure Ireland. 3. Instrument subject to annulment: The Committee will consider the Climate Change (Duties of Public Bodies: Reporting Requirements) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2026 (SSI 2026/266). 4. Pre-Budget scrutiny – report: The Committee will consider a draft report on its scrutiny preceding the Scottish Government's Budget 2027-28. 5. Scottish National Adaptation Plan: annual report 2025 - 2026 – approach: The Committee will consider its approach to the inquiry. 6. The environmental impacts of hyperscale data centres inquiry – review of evidence: (In Private) The Committee will review the evidence heard under agenda item 2.