As the father of young children I know that there are few things more important than the future of our planet. The UK has rightly led the way, becoming the 1st major economy to halve its emissions.

I'll be proud to play my part working with Claire Coutinho MP's fantastic DESNZ team

Many congratulations on your appointment. We look forward to working with you Climate Change Committee

It’s been an enormous joy and privilege to serve as a minister over most of the last 8 years.

I’m proud of all we have achieved as a government, not least being the first major economy to halve CO2 emissions.

I look forward to supporting the PM from the backbenches.

Congratulations to Centre for Public Policy Senior Fellow Professor Graeme Roy Graeme Roy, who has been awarded the Royal Society of Edinburgh Adam Smith Medal for his contribution to public policy and public life in Scotland 👏

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So pleased to be elected as a fellow of Royal Society of Edinburgh. It's a lovely honour.

Special thanks to my team Climate Change Committee for their support (and especially for the insights they've provided on Scotland's climate progress).
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Congratulations to our Chief Executive, Chris Stark, (Chris Stark) for becoming a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

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This interview with Chris Stark chimes so much with my own thoughts. Each nation needs to play to its strengths in an enabling policy environment. Climate action needs collaboration. Hope all heed this.

Totally fascinated by this low-temp green steel process. Would completely upend an industry.

I'd be grateful if you could share the following job widely with your networks - particularly industry and academic networks in the NE. It's for a policy adviser on industrial and business decarbonisation in one of my sister policy units in HM Treasury.

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This is a hugely important report from Climate Change Committee and follows on from previous warnings Scotland was off track. It's not just targets we will miss but opportunities. Opportunities for investment, for job creation, for better air quality, warmer homes and nature recovery.

We’ve published the latest assessment of Scotland’s progress to reduce emissions. The Committee no longer believes that the Scottish Government will meet its statutory 2030 goal to reduce emissions by 75%. More: theccc.org.uk/2024/03/20/sco… pic.twitter.com/Q8cJfrQmYY

My final report with Climate Change Committee - and it’s the Scottish Net Zero Progress Report, which feels like a decent way to sign off.

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Our Climate Change Committee Scottish 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 progress launches tomorrow. The amazing secretariat have done some powerful analysis of progress and policies. Check the webpage in the morning, or hear our Chris Stark on BBC Radio Scotland at 7.05am!