Communications about Greenhouse Gas Emissions to Net Zero reductions by 2045: EIR release

Information requested

1. Could you supply all briefing minutes/notes from meetings between the Scottish Government and external organisations, about the target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2045, in the last two months?

We have interpreted your request to include only briefings and meetings that were set with the intention of discussing the overall 2045 target, and does not include any communications or other documentation that references the target.

Response

As the information you have requested is ‘environmental information’ for the purposes of the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (EIRs), we are required to deal with your request under those Regulations. We are applying the exception at section 39(2) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA), so that we do not also have to deal with your request under FOISA.

This exception is subject to the ‘public interest test’. Therefore, taking account of all the circumstances of this case, we have considered if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exception. We have found that, on balance, the public interest lies in favour of upholding the exception, because there is no public interest in dealing with the same request under two different regimes. This is essentially a technical point and has no material effect on the outcome of your request.

I have included copies of the information you have requested in Annex A.

ANNEX A

Document 1:
Note from Climate Change Plan workshop between Scottish Government and stakeholders on agriculture and land use, land use change and forestry – Tuesday 13 May 2025
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• Some farmers feel they’re being asked to take on a net zero ambition they don’t necessarily share or feel responsible for.
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