Motion · S5M-20566 · 23 Jan 2020
Mercedes Maroto-Valer Appointed Decarbonisation Champion
The motion
That the Parliament congratulates Professor Mercedes Maroto-Valer, Associate Principal (Global Sustainability) at Heriot-Watt University, on her appointment as the UK’s Decarbonisation Champion by UK Research and Innovation; notes that Professor Maroto-Valer will work with industry and leading experts to develop a proposal to decarbonise the UK economy by the UK Government's target of 2050; appreciates that she will also work in partnership with academia, industry, policymakers and other stakeholders to develop a new, state-of-the-art Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre at Heriot-Watt University; understands that the centre will allow researchers and industry to work together to develop new research and ideas that address complex social and environmental challenges essential to tackling climate change; highlights the centre’s ambition to transform the UK’s largest industrial areas reliant on carbon fuel into world-leading low-carbon manufacturing hubs while safeguarding jobs and communities, and wishes Professor Maroto-Valer and her team every success in their endeavours.
Supporters (18)
- Clare Adamson Scottish National Party 23 Jan 2020
- Jeremy Balfour 23 Jan 2020
- Bill Kidd 23 Jan 2020
- Gordon Lindhurst 23 Jan 2020
- Richard Lyle 23 Jan 2020
- Stuart McMillan Scottish National Party 23 Jan 2020
- Stewart Stevenson 23 Jan 2020
- David Torrance Scottish National Party 23 Jan 2020
- Sandra White 23 Jan 2020
- Willie Coffey 24 Jan 2020
- Ruth Maguire 24 Jan 2020
- Joan McAlpine 24 Jan 2020
- Gil Paterson 27 Jan 2020
- Fulton MacGregor Scottish National Party 28 Jan 2020
- Alexander Burnett Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 29 Jan 2020
- Tom Arthur Scottish National Party 31 Jan 2020
- Gillian Martin Scottish National Party 4 Feb 2020
- Maureen Watt 1 Apr 2020
Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.