With UK energy and climate policy a demonstrable shambles and the lights set to go out in the next year or two, David Kennedy is departing the Committee on Climate Change for pastures new. The great man is heading off for a non-climate related role at DFiD. Lord Deben issued this parting eulogy:
David Kennedy created the team at the Committee on Climate Change, he established its reputation for scientific rigour and accuracy, and he has maintained that reputation throughout his seven years of service. He is the best kind of civil servant; intellectually robust and technically proficient, bringing sound judgment and careful evaluation to every issue. We owe him a great debt for a job well done. He leaves the CCC in a very good position and his successor will have the firmest of foundations from which to take the organisation forward.
Be afraid, be very afraid.