Richer people should be made to fly less so poorer families can holiday without worsening Britain’s carbon footprint, Emma Pinchbeck, the Chief Executive of the Climate Change Committee, has said.
We never talk about the costs of not tackling climate change, claims new Climate Change Committee CEO Emma Pinchbeck. On the contrary, says Ben Pile, media scare stories of impending doom are all we ever hear about.
The Climate Change Committee has appointed Emma Pinchbeck as its new CEO – a 37 year-old humanities graduate with no experience in the energy industry except lobbying. Can the calibre go any lower, asks Ben Pile.
