Agendas, reports and minutes

A meeting of the Climate Change Working Group will take place REMOTELY on Friday, 6 November 2020 at 10.30am.

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. Hydrogen Accelerator Presentation    

A presentation will be undertaken at the meeting by Fiona Landy, Delivery Manager for the Hydrogen Accelerator.

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

4. Greenhouse Gas Baseline Inventory Report for Highland

There is circulated Report No. CCWG/15/20 dated 20 October 2020 by the Executive Chief Officer, Infrastructure & Environment. 

In this regard, a presentation will be undertaken by Archie Prentice, Practically Green. 

Members are invited to:

(i)    note the contents of this report; and 
(ii)    agree that a workshop should be held to discuss and agree priorities for action, which could potentially be supported and enabled by the Council, to reduce emissions across the region.  

5. Solar PV Programme Update

There is circulated Report No. CCWG/16/20 dated 22 October 2020 by the Executive Chief Officer, Infrastructure & Environment. 

Members are invited to note the contents of the report.

6. Updates to Annual Public Bodies Climate Change Reporting Duties  Reporting Requirements

There is circulated Report No. CCWG/17/20 dated 20 October 2020 by the Executive Chief Officer, Infrastructure & Environment. 

Members are invited to note the contents of the report.

7. Climate Change Workstreams

There is circulated Report No. CCWG/18/20 dated 21 October 2020 by the Executive Chief Officer, Infrastructure & Environment.

Members are invited to note the contents of this report.