It is Chris Stark’s last day on the job as Chief Executive of the net zero crusading organisation the Climate Change Committee – a publicly funded body which spent £4,541,779 in taxpayer money in the year 2021-2022. It seems his mission to fight climate change has extended outside the realms of just being the chief climate adviser to the government. Last month, Stark was advocating for heat pumps made by the private company Kensa…

In his pitch on behalf of the private company, Stark says this:

“We need a form of heat pump that will work for the people living in those buildings…Kensa I think have some of the most exciting technology and innovative approaches to how we might approach this challenge of buildings decarbonisation.”

There’s no mention of the Kensa group on Stark’s registered interests. A Stark conflict?