Energy Unplugged by Aurora EP.197 Chris Stark, Chief Executive, The Carbon Trust
In this episode of Energy Unplugged, we are delighted to welcome Chris Stark, Chief Executive of the Carbon Trust, discussing the UK’s climate targets with our Managing Director for the UK & Ireland and European Hydrogen, Dan Monzani.
A world-renowned climate policy expert, Chris is the Chief Executive of The Carbon Trust, a global climate consultancy dedicated to accelerating the transition to a decarbonised future. In his previous role as Chief Executive of the UK’s Climate Change Committee, Chris led the independent advice to put the UK’s Net Zero target into law. He frequently speaks on the urgent need to confront climate change and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and an Honorary Professor at the University of Glasgow.
Main topics include the following:
- The ambitions of the UK’s Carbon Budgets and their achievability
- Whether climate targets are being scaled back because they are impossible to achieve or because of a lack of political will to deliver them
- The mission and role of the Carbon Trust