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Francis Wilson will present a weekly Climate Carbon Report from December 18th 2009

From Friday 18th December, Sky News will become the first UK TV channel to provide viewers with a regular Carbon Climate Report, showing the levels of estimated greenhouse gases (GHG) being emitted in the UK each week.

The move comes as the Copenhagen Climate Conference draws to a close and aims to help viewers understand more easily the changes in carbon emissions across the country and what the possible reasons behind them could be, as well as outlining what viewers can do to reduce their own emissions.  

Sky has been working with AEA, a world leading energy and climate change consultancy, over a two year period to develop the carbon forecasting tools. The launch of the weekly Carbon Report means Sky News becomes the only TV channel in the UK

to provide information to its audience setting out the country’s current estimated CO2e emissions and how these change over time.

The AEA tools enable estimates of carbon dioxide emissions resulting from transport, agriculture, power generation, industrial activity, and waste over the short-term to be made.

The report also allows forecasts to be made for future carbon emissions, produced by world-recognised authorities in the field, which will be delivered as part of the report on Sky News, delivered by experienced Sky News weather presenter, Francis Wilson. The Carbon Report will run every Friday evening at 22.15, as well as being repeated twice on Saturdays and Sundays. The report is designed to present the data so that it is both scientifically meaningful as well as easy to understand by the casual viewer. And on a monthly basis, Sky News will also run a more in-depth story based on the AEA data which will aim to set the figures in a broader social, political and environmental context.

Francis will examine and report on forecasts and trends, providing insight into any irregular results. Each week the report will also provide the audience with a simple tip on how reduce their own emissions.

Francis said: “I’m delighted that I will be delivering the Carbon Report on a weekly basis to Sky News viewers. Carbon emissions have effects on all of our lives and we will aim to deliver the most up to date information every week in an easy to understand, but meaningful way, to all of our viewers.”

Gwen Ventris, Chief Operating Officer of AEA added: ”We are delighted that all the hard work we have done with Sky over the last two years will finally come to fruition with the launch of the Carbon Report. It has been a pleasure to work with a company that is tackling the issue of carbon emissions and their effects and we look forward to being able to deliver our regular findings to the public through the Sky News Carbon Report each week.”



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For further information please contact:

Francoise Frost
Assistant Publicist07824 834825
Francoise.frost@bskyb.com

Or

Charlotte Dixon
Publicity Manager
07824 824834
charlotte.dixon@bskyb.com



Notes to editors:  

Since its launch in 1989, Sky News has established itself as a formidable and innovative force in the world of news broadcasting. It now provides news to around 145 million people in 36 countries in Europe alone, with distribution across Africa, the Middle East and Asia

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Valued for fairness, balance and journalistic objectivity by both viewers and regulators, the award-winning channel has also earned a reputation for the speed of its 24-hour coverage and flexibility in reporting live news – first.



In addition to its status as one of Europe

's leading 24 hour news channels, skynews.com is one of the fastest growing websites on the continent.  It is also available on mobile phones, on desktops, on UK

rail platforms and Virgin Atlantic flights.

In March 2009 Sky News Radio became the sole provider of national and international news to all commercial stations in the UK

– reaching around 31 million listeners in total – when it took over the contract to supply IRN stations, in addition to its existing clients.

Sky News won a Golden Nypmh at the 2009 Monte Carlo Television Festival for Best 24 Hour News Programme for its coverage of the Mumbai terror attacks. Sky News was also named Best News Service at the Broadcast Digital Awards 2009 and Skynews.com won the Association of Online Publishers award for website of the year, 2008.

In October 2009 Sky launched a three-year campaign with WWF to help save one billion trees in the Amazon.  The campaign, Sky Rainforest Rescue, aims to protect rainforest covering over three million hectares in the state of Acre, Brazil

to help combat climate change and preserve the unique habitat and species of the Amazon.



The project forms part of a set of commitments from Sky to help tackle climate change, including an overall target to cut its CO2 emissions by 25% (per £m/turnover) across its business by 2020.  In addition, the company plans to make its buildings 20% more energy efficient and to obtain 20% of its energy requirements for all its owned buildings from onsite renewable energy in the same time frame.  By 2012, Sky will cut the carbon emissions from its fleet of vans by 25% (per van) and carbon emissions from employee business travel by a further 20% (per FTE).



Sky has also committed to cut the total energy consumption of newly installed Sky+HD boxes by 30% by 2012, and will be working with 50 of its most carbon intensive suppliers to help them measure their carbon footprint and reduce emissions further.















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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