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Date: 24 July 2008
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Julia King appointed to the Committee on Climate Change
Environment Secretary Hilary Benn today announced the appointment of Julia King to the Committee on Climate Change.
The Committee, being established under the Climate Change Bill currently before Parliament, will provide independent, expert advice on how the UK can best meet its climate change goals.
Professor Julia King CBE is Vice-Chancellor of Aston University and in March 2007 she was appointed to lead the King Review into vehicle and fuel technologies that could help to reduce carbon emissions from road transport over the next 25 years.
Hilary Benn said:
“The Committee on Climate Change will play a fundamental role in steering the UK’s path towards a low carbon economy. I am delighted to appoint Julia King as the sixth member of the Committee. Her knowledge and experience in transport and particularly in reducing emissions from it will make an invaluable contribution to the Committee’s work.”
Lord Adair Turner, the Committee’s Chair [Designate], welcomed the appointment saying:
“I am very pleased to welcome Julia to the Committee. Her depth of experience and expertise on transport and engineering will be a particular asset to us. I am looking forward to working with her as we head towards publishing our first advice this December.”
The Committee is due to provide its advice to Government on its review of the UK’s 2050 target and the level of the first three carbon budgets by December 2008.
Notes to Editors
- The Committee on Climate Change is being established as a high-profile independent statutory body. It will be the first of its kind, bringing together different strands of expertise from the fields of climate science and policy, economics, business competitiveness and financial management. It will draw on existing information and undertake its own analysis to provide expert advice to Ministers.
- To ensure the Committee is able to provide its advice on the first three carbon budgets by December 2008, as required in the Bill currently before Parliament, the Committee is currently operating in “shadow” form as a non-statutory body.
- The appointment process has been regulated and monitored by the Commissioner for Public Appointments to ensure that it has been made on merit against established criteria and after fair and open competition. This process is also in accordance with the Nolan Principles.
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