Letter to the PM about Rosebank and Jackdaw
Below is a letter that Kevin Anderson and University of Manchester colleagues have sent to the Prime Minister, the Secretary…
Kevin Anderson
Kevin is professor of energy and climate change at the Universities of Manchester (UK), Uppsala (Sweden) and Bergen (Norway). Formerly director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, he engages widely with governments and remains research active with publications in Climate Policy, Nature and Science. Kevin has a decade of industrial experience in the petrochemical industry, is a chartered engineer and fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. He lives in the Peak District, UK, where he enjoys long-distance cycling, rock climbing and the songs of Ewan MacColl.
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