Climate Week meetings length and attendees: FOI release

Information requested

1. A list of attendees and the length of each meeting attended by Gillian Martin during Climate Week in New York.

Response

Further to our initial response as provided to you on 5 November 2024, we can confirm the following:

Meeting with Elizabeth Wathuti, Kenyan climate activist and founder of the Green Generation Initiative - 30 minutes. Names of other attendees subject to s.38(1)(b) of FOISA.

Meeting with Sheila Peters, Member of the Executive Committee for Environment, Gauteng Province – 30 minutes. Names of other attendees subject to s.38(1)(b) of FOISA.

Meeting with Champa Patel, Executive Director for Governments and Policy, Climate Group – 1hour. Names of other attendees subject to s.38(1)(b) of FOISA.

Meeting with Huw Irranca-Davies MS, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, Wales and Andrew Muir, Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Northern Ireland. 30 minutes. Names of other attendees subject to s.38(1)(b) of FOISA.

Meeting with Dr Markus Rondé- CEO, Exergy3 – 20 minutes. Names of other attendees subject to s.38(1)(b) of FOISA.

Under2 Global Ministerial meeting – 1 hour 20 minutes. Attendees included:

• Premier Alan Winde, Western Cape, South Africa
• Governor Kim Tae-heum, Chungcheongnam-do
• Governor Mauricio Kuri Gonzalez, Querétaro
• Champa Patel – Under 2 Executive Director for Governments and Policy, The Climate Group
• Nehmat Kaur – Director of the Under2 and Subnational Governments, The Climate Group
• Governor Gavin Newsom, California
• Governor Jay Inslee, Washington State
• Climate Ambassador Kang Kumsil, Gyeonggi, South Korea
• Giorgio Maione, Minister for the Environment and Climate, Lombardy, Italy
• State Secretary of Environment, Marília Carvalho de Melo, Minas Gerais, Brazil
• Deputy First Minister Huw Irannca-Davies, Wales
• Governor Raquel Lyra, Pernambuco, Brazil
• Governor Dr. Agbu, Kefas Taraba State, Nigeria
• Governor Helder Barbalho, Para, Brazil
• Premier Panyaza Lesufi, Gauteng
• Benoit Charette, Minister of the Environment, the Fight Against Climate Change, Wildlife and
• Parks, Quebec

Names of other attendees subject to s.38(1)(b) of FOISA.

Meeting with Benoit Charette, Minister of the Environment, the Fight Against Climate Change, Wildlife and Parks, Quebec – Information not held on length of meeting. Names of other attendees subject to s.38(1)(b) of FOISA.

Meeting with Anna Shpitsberg, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Transformation, US Dept. of State – 30 minutes. Names of other attendees subject to s.38(1)(b) of FOISA.

Related to your request, you may wish to note that briefing packs pertaining to New York Climate Week have been released further to EIR 202400436030: https://www.gov.scot/publications/foi-202400436030/

In addition, further to EIR request (202400439360), further information pertaining to Ms. Martin’s programme and meetings undertaken during New York Climate Week will be made publicly available in due course at: https://www.gov.scot/publications/?publicationTypes=foi-eir-release&page=1

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