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CCC boss Chris Stark: 'The threat of being ignored keeps me awake at night'

Michael Holder

Michael Holder

05 October 2018 • 17 min read

CEO of the Committee on Climate Change ponders 1.5C targets, Whitehall governance, and how capitalism can operate in a zero carbon future

Chris Stark is not your typical CEO. Having spent his career in economics and public policy development, he doesn't run a business, nor does he comb through financial results and report regularly on profits...

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