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08.11.06: UKERC Research Director on New Environmental Economic Commission

Professor Jim Skea, Research Director at the UK Energy Research Centre has been invited to join a new Government Commission on Environmental Markets and Economic Performance, jointly chaired by Trade and Industry Secretary Alistair Darling and Environment Secretary David Milliband.

The Commission will look at how the UK can make the most of the opportunities that environmental protection holds for wealth and employment creation.  It will report to Government next spring.

Members of the Commission will be drawn from business, NGOs, academia, trade unions and public sector organisations.

Professor Skea said: “As the Stern Report showed, there would be great advantage in the UK being at the forefront of technological advances related to energy supply and demand, both environmentally and economically. 

Given the fact that climate change will affect everything around us, it would be prudent of businesses to put the environment at the heart of future plans.”

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