Date published: 2006/06/06
The BBC says:
Thirteen business leaders are set to meet Prime Minister Tony Blair to urge tougher action on climate change.
The group, including Shell, Tesco and Vodafone executives, will urge more curbs on carbon dioxide emissions.
They believe this would encourage innovation that would give British business an edge with new technology.
Other business lobby groups have argued against stricter targets in the past, saying they would damage the competitiveness of Britain.
The delegation, which will visit 10 Downing Street, warns that developing countries will never take climate change seriously unless countries like Britain show how it can be tackled.
This is just stage-managed theatre. Blair wants business leaders to say this so that he can use them as a stick to beat up on recalcitrant ministers and civil servants. On the other hand, these executives would be a bit more credible if they didn't year on year insist on whacking great pay rises which means that they are the country's biggest consumers and so are personally responsible for far, far more greenhouse gas emissions than the average British citizen. Let them take the first step and accept an immediate 50% cut in pay and benefits (that would still leave them filthy rich).
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