Energy industry trade body chief to head UK’s climate watchdog

Emma Pinchbeck will join the CCC at ‘a pivotal point’ in the UK’s journey to net zero. Photograph: Jonathan Hordle/Shutterstock

The government’s official climate watchdog has appointed the head of the energy industry’s trade association to lead its work helping to drive the UK’s emissions to net zero by 2050.

Emma Pinchbeck, the head of Energy UK, will take up the role of chief executive of the Climate Change Committee (CCC) from early next month after four years at the helm of the trade association.