Rishi Sunak urged to stop attacking Climate Change Committee

Scientists ask PM to cease politicising' government's independent advisers after his remarks and Tory letter to journalists

Scientists have written to Rishi Sunak asking him to stop politicising" and attacking the Climate Change Committee (CCC), an independent body that exists to advise the government on five-year carbon budgets" necessary to meet its 2050 target.

This week Sunak spoke about his plans to weaken his government's environmental policies. When asked about comments from Chris Stark, the chief executive of the CCC, saying that the government would not hit the carbon budget with its current plans, Sunak replied: I am very happy to get opinions and advice from everybody, and everyone's entitled to their view."