Scottish Environmental Technology Network
Lord Adair Turner
Lord Adair Turner delivered a lecture on February 9, 2009 at Edinburgh University entitled, “Building a Low-Carbon Economy.” His talk examined ways in which the economic environment might help or hurt the efforts to abate climate change.
Turner is chairman of the Committee on Climate Change, an advisory post for the UK government. Turner’s committee is working with the Scottish Government on its Climate Change Bill, targeting the potential of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050, including emissions from shipping and air travel.
SETN staff attended the lecture.
(Blurry) Photo by Lilly Hunter.
Lord Adair Turner
Lord Adair Turner delivered a lecture on February 9, 2009 at Edinburgh University entitled, “Building a Low-Carbon Economy.” His talk examined ways in which the economic environment might help or hurt the efforts to abate climate change.
Turner is chairman of the Committee on Climate Change, an advisory post for the UK government. Turner’s committee is working with the Scottish Government on its Climate Change Bill, targeting the potential of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050, including emissions from shipping and air travel.
SETN staff attended the lecture.
(Blurry) Photo by Lilly Hunter.