Chamber and committees

That concludes the public session of the meeting.

I will bring in Claire Simonetta before we move on to the next question.

I will bring in Jim Walker and then Claire Simonetta.

Jim Fairlie will ask a supplementary question before we move on. We are running out of time, and I am afraid that we do not have much leeway.

That is true, Jim, but I have to interrupt you, because we have quite a lot of questions to get through. I will bring in Claire Simonetta next, after which there will be quite a lot of supplementary questions.

Thank you for that.

How does the change that is needed in Scottish agriculture compare in scope and scale with the changes that need to be made across other sectors in order to reach net zero by 2045?

Thank you. I am conscious that we are only just moving on to question 2, although we are almost halfway through this part of the meeting.

I have got a—

Jim, that is helpful background information, but can I bring you back to the question that I put to panel members? Will you indicate the key areas of emissions reduction and mitigation measures in your sector now?

I now welcome our second panel, who are from the UK Climate Change Committee. Attending remotely we have Chris Stark, who is its chief executive, and Indra Thillainathan, who is a senior analyst for agriculture and land use. I invite Chris Stark to make an opening statement.