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Cars and the climate: are we geared up for the challenge?

1 May 2013

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On Monday 22 April 2013, Dr Chris Hope, Reader in Policy Modelling at Cambridge Judge Business School, spoke at an RAC Foundation …

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On Monday 22 April 2013, Dr Chris Hope, Reader in Policy Modelling at Cambridge Judge Business School, spoke at an RAC Foundation event in London

The event, entitled ‘Cars and the climate: are we geared up for the challenge?’ focused on the contribution to be made by drivers and the car industry in the UK’s efforts to tackle climate change.

Dr Hope spoke alongside Lord Deben, Chair of the Committee on Climate Change; Professor Dame Julia King, author of the King Review of Low-carbon Cars; Doug Parr, Chief Scientist and Policy Director at Greenpeace UK; and Richard Parry-Jones, Chair of the Automotive Council and Chairman of Network Rail.