RSC Council heads for Downing Street
The energy challenge. Chemical scientists will have a major role to play in meeting the objectives set out in the Government's energy policy
In July the Government published its energy policy in a report entitled The energy challenge. The report is a response to two immense, long-term challenges facing the country - ie to deliver secure, clean energy at affordable prices as the country moves to increasing dependence on imported energy; and to tackle climate change by reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 60 per cent by 2050. Chemical scientists will have a major part to play to ensure that these challenges are met. With this in mind the Royal Society of Chemistry's (RSC) Council - its governing body of 18 academics and industrialists - went to 10 Downing Street in the same month to meet Malcolm Wicks, the Minister for Energy, and detail just what chemists and the chemical sciences can offer the country in this crucial area.
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