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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Rebecca Speare-Cole

Ex-net zero tsar launches clean power taskforce to counter climate row backs

The UK’s former net zero tsar has teamed up with the ex-UN climate chief to launch a clean power taskforce aimed at countering recent reversals on action.

Chris Skidmore, who was the UK energy minister responsible for net zero and resigned as a Tory MP in protest at Rishi Sunak’s plans to support oil and gas, will chair the Global Clean Power taskforce.

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