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I think that there is an issue. Maybe we could switch Mr Hegarty’s screen off and just have the audio to see if that would be any better. Can you hear us, Mr Hegarty? I think that we will have to try to get Mr Hegarty onboarded again.

Donald Cameron has some supplementary questions.

We have run right up against the time for the panel, but do you want to come back in, Ms Minto? Please try to be brief.

I do not have it in front of me. Will you just say a little about what you think the priorities are?

My earlier question referred to section 3 of your submission, which is about financial additionalities. I probably did not make that clear. However, we can come back to that later. We will move on to questions from Mr Cameron. I remind everyone that we are tight for time, so it would be helpful if we could have succinct answers.

We can. Did you hear the question?

Mr Hegarty, are you able to hear us?

The Corra Foundation’s submission talks about the focus on listening to communities, and Mr Livingstone’s submission talks about taking a human-centred approach. Could the witnesses say a little bit about what that means on the ground? I will go to Ms Sawers first.

I will not go back to the panel on that. I thank everyone for their attendance and for their submissions, which were helpful to the committee.

I suspend the meeting briefly while we change panels.

Item 4 is our second panel on climate justice. We have with us Professor Tahseen Jafry, director at Glasgow Caledonian University’s centre for climate justice; Muthi Nhlema, director of Baseflow Ltd; and Dr Geraldine Hill, advocacy manager for the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund. We are tight for time, so it would be helpful if contributions and questions were succinct.

I have an introductory question for each of you. I will start by asking Professor Jafry to summarise the summit on climate justice, which she hosted last week, to give us a flavour of the discussion and outcomes. How do you see that feeding into COP26?

Can we turn off Dr Hill’s camera? I understand that there is a bit of a problem with her broadband, so can we go to audio only?

I ask Sarah Boyack to repeat her question.