In today’s podcast we will be finding out just how much we still have to do as nation and as a planet to hit our net zero carbon emission targets and really start to reverse the clearly catastrophic impacts of a changing climate.

My guest today is the Rt Hon Chris Skidmore, former MP for Kingswood in South Gloucestershire and the man who, as interim Minister of State for Energy and Clean Growth in 2019, signed into law the UK’s legally binding target of hitting net zero emissions by 2050. 

He has held a number of government roles in his parliamentary career – notably Minister for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation and then for Health under Boris Johnson, but returned to the backbenches in 2020.

It was from there that he authored the well-thumbed Mission Zero review of government's net-zero strategy – a hard hitting tome that it’s fair to say wasn’t entirely well received by those in charge of the strategy.

Chris resigned as an MP earlier this year in protest at the government’s stance on new offshore petroleum licensing. 

Nowadays he’s very busy championing the net-zero cause and missing few opportunities to get that vital message across

Resources
Mission Zero report
Better Earth’ initiative launched in Edie
Mission Zero Coalition
Building the Future, Lessons for a Buildings Breakthrough report