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Committee on Climate Change Newsletter - July 2010

PROFILE

Profile on David Clarke, CEO of the Energy Technologies Institute

David Clarke joined the Energy Technologies Institute as CEO in January 2008 from his previous role as Head of Technology Strategy at Rolls-Royce plc. David has been involved in collaborative research and development of advanced technologies for over 20 years.

Q1/ What are the major technologies that we will need to build a green economy?
We need to demonstrate technologies that will provide affordable, reliable, and clean energy for heat, power, transport and the supporting infrastructure.....

NEWS

20 business leaders support Committee’s calls for a step change from Government
Chair of the Committee on Climate Change, Lord Adair Turner said on Wednesday that: “The recession has created the illusion that progress is being made to reduce emissions" and called again for a step change in the approach taken to reduce emissions. Around 20 leaders from business, industry and from NGO’s welcomed the Committee’s report...

Scottish Agricultural College wins “Green Gown” award
A groundbreaking Scottish Agricultural College (SAC) led research project which helps farmers, land managers and foresters choose the most cost effective ways of reducing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions, has won a prestigious Green Gown Award. .

Committee enters the blogosphere!
The Committee now has its own blog! The blog contains short news and comment pieces about climate change, written by the Committee and by members of the CCC secretariat. You can also follow the CCC’s work on Twitter ...

Committee advises Government to consider extending CCS demos and Emissions Performance Standard to cover gas generation
The Committee wrote to Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Chris Huhne this month, to ask him to consider extending the Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) competition to include gas as well as coal demonstration projects, and to consider extending the proposed Emissions Performance Standard to cover new gas plant added to the system from 2020...

UPCOMING EVENTS