The Committee on Climate Change today announces the appointment of a leading environmental economist and a senior business director to its Adaptation Sub-Committee.
Ece Ozdemiroglu, founding Director of Eftec (Economics for the Environment Consultancy) and Rosalyn Schofield, Director of the Company Secretariat at Associated British Foods, join the Adaptation Sub-Committee (ASC) this month, each for a three-year term from 1 January 2016.
They succeed Professor Martin Parry and Professor Sam Fankhauser who stood down from the ASC at the end of their terms of appointment on 31 December 2015. Professor Fankhauser will continue to sit on the Committee on Climate Change (CCC).
Lord Krebs, Chair of the ASC, said: “I am delighted that Ece and Rosalyn have agreed to join the committee. Ece will bring her expertise in considering the economics of climate change and Rosalyn will add a senior business perspective to our thinking. I am very much looking forward to working with them.”
“I would like to warmly thank Sam Fankhauser and Martin Parry for their tremendous contributions to the ASC during the past six years. Sam and Martin were in at the start and they played a crucial role in developing our methodologies and in ensuring that our work is rigorous, well-informed and relevant. We will miss them and wish them well for the future.”
Ece Ozdemiroglu said: “I am delighted to have been given this opportunity to contribute to the Adaptation Sub-Committee using my knowledge of environmental economics, including flood risk, water quality, forestry and green infrastructure; topics I have worked on over many years. Economic arguments can show, and can help to communicate, how adaptation should be a common goal for all policy areas. I see robust evidence and good communication as equally important and will prioritise both as part of the Sub-Committee’s work.”
Rosalyn Schofield said: “I look forward to working alongside the wide range of experts and numerous organisations involved in the challenging debate around climate change and how we respond and prepare for it. I welcome this opportunity to provide private sector experience of how companies and commercial organisations make investment and related decisions in the areas of sustainability, as well as offering knowledge of climate impacts.”
The Adaptation Sub-Committee of the CCC is tasked with assessing how well the UK is preparing for and adapting to the impacts of climate change.
It produces regular reports to Parliament on the progress being made by the Government’s National Adaptation Programme, and is currently working on a comprehensive evidence report to inform the UK’s second Climate Change Risk Assessment in 2017.
Notes to editors
- Ece Ozdemiroglu and Rosalyn Schofield were selected following a transparent and highly competitive process conducted in accordance with the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments Code of Practice.
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