1. Adair Turner, the former head of the CBI and vice-chairman of Merrill Lynch Europe, is to become chairman of a new high-powered committee to ensure central and local government policies reduce carbon emissions. The Committee on Climate Change will assume powers akin to the monetary policy committee to ensure the UK cuts its emissions by 60% by 2050 2. Gareth Brett has been appointed head of new nuclear development at British Energy. Brett, who joined the company at the start of January, began his career with Southern Electric and has a range of power development experience gained both in the UK and the US, where he was latterly president of Entergy Asset Management.
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