To support the Committee’s post-legislative scrutiny of section 91 of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009, a People’s Panel was established to discuss and respond to the questions:

• How effective has the Scottish Government been at engaging the public on climate change and Scotland’s climate change targets?
• What else (if anything) could the Scottish Government do to inform and involve the public to help meet Scotland’s climate change targets?

Twenty-three randomly selected panel members, from across the breadth of Scottish demographics, travelled to the Scottish Parliament to meet and exchange views with experts and committee members over two weekends and two online sessions in February and March 2024.

Participants produced a set of recommendations that were incorporated in a report and then presented to the Committee at a public evidence session on 16 April 2024. It is intended that the recommendations will feed directly into the Committee’s scrutiny of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act.