Agendas, reports and minutes

A meeting of the Climate Change Working Group will take place REMOTELY on Tuesday, 11 August 2020 at 9.30am.

You are invited to attend the meeting and a note of the business to be considered is attached.

Yours faithfully

Stewart Fraser
Head of Corporate Governance 

Business 

1. Apologies for Absence

2. Declarations of Interest

Members are asked to consider whether they have an interest to declare in relation to any item on the agenda for this meeting. Any Member making a declaration of interest should indicate whether it is a financial or non-financial interest and include some information on the nature of the interest. Advice may be sought from Officers prior to the meeting taking place.

3. Presentation – Planet Sutherland    
    
A presentation will be undertaken at the meeting by Anna Patfield, Planet Sutherland.

Members are invited to note and discuss the contents of the presentation.

4. Growing Our Future – A Draft Food Growing Strategy for Highland    

There is circulated Report No. CCWG/8/20 dated 27 July 2020 by the Climate Change Officer.

Members are invited to:- 

(i)     discuss and agree that the draft Growing Our Future strategy should be made available for public consultation; and
(ii)    discuss and agree that the Climate Change Working Group supports the principle of a Highland Good Food Conversation conference.

5.    Just Transition Commission – Call for Evidence

There is circulated Report No. CCWG/9/20 dated 23 July 2020 by the Climate Change Officer.

Members are invited to note the contents of this report.

6.    Climate Change Workstreams

There is circulated Report No. CCWG/10/20 dated 23 July 2020 by the Climate Change Officer.

Members are invited to:-

(i)     note the contents of this report; and
(ii)    agree that an update on workstreams is presented as a standing item at future meetings of the Climate Change Working Group.