The Advisory Panel supported the Expert Leads in ensuring that the information provided to Climate Assembly UK was balanced, accurate and comprehensive, and that the assembly was focused on the key decisions facing the UK about how to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.
The panel provided feedback on key aspects of the assembly’s design, such as who was invited to speak, what they were asked to cover, and the questions on which assembly members were asked to give their views.
Advisory Panel members were chosen to represent stakeholders with an interest or expertise in the areas of emissions reduction that Climate Assembly UK will examine. The organisations were chosen to make the panel balanced across a broad range of political and ideological standpoints, representing different parts of society (e.g. business, trade unions, NGOs and civil society groups).
An initial list of members was drawn up by a climate change specialist in the Parliamentary Office of Science & Technology (POST) in Summer 2019. The Climate Assembly UK team at Parliament then worked with the Expert Leads to ensure that this group met the above criteria.
Advisory Panel meetings took place on November 7th and December 11th 2019 and 17th February 2020.
The Advisory Panel members are:
Fernanda Balata
New Economics Foundation
Tanisha Beebee
Confederation of British Industry (CBI)
Patrick Begg
National Trust
Allen Creedy
Federation of Small Businesses (FSB)
Audrey Gallacher
Energy UK
Professor Michael Grubb
University College London (UCL) Institute for Sustainable Resources
Eamonn Ives
Centre for Policy Studies
Ann Jones
National Federation of Women’s Institutes
Ceris Jones
National Farmers Union (NFU)
Chaitanya Kumar
Green Alliance
Kirsten Leggatt
2050 Climate Group
Matthew Lesh
Adam Smith Institute
Nick Molho
Aldersgate Group
Luke Murphy
Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)
Tim Page
Trades Union Congress (TUC)
Doug Parr
Greenpeace
Dr Alan Renwick
Constitution Unit, University College London (UCL)
Dhara Vyas
Citizens’ Advice
Rebecca Williams
RenewableUK