Business leaders from across the UK have been appointed for the UK’s first citizens’ assembly on climate change.
The Climate Assembly UK was commissioned by six cross-party House of Commons Select Committees in summer 2019, in response to the Government’s commitment to meet net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
The Assembly, 110 members strong, are representative of the UK population. In November last year, invitations were sent to 30,000 households randomly selected from across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
The assembly members will meet over four weekends in Spring 2020. They will hear balanced evidence on the choices the UK faces, discuss them, and make recommendations about what the UK should do to become net zero by 2050.
In June this year, following a recommendation by independent advisors the Committee on Climate Change, the UK became the first major economy in the world to adopt a target of reaching net zero emissions by 2050.
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