Chair of Climate Change Advisory Council ‘won’t pull punches’ on criticising Government on carbon emissions

The chair of the new Climate Change Advisory Council has said the group won’t hold back on criticising the Government for failings in tackling carbon emissions.

Professor John Fitzgerald warned the task of combatting climate change would involve “significant policy developments at both a national and an international level”.He said where those policy developments did not materialise, the council would be swift in pointing it out.

“That’s our job, to call it as we see it, and with the nature of the personalities on the council, we’re not going to be pulling our punches,” he said.