Ford chief calls for help with climate change


Speaking at a conference held during the Motor Show´s international business day, Lewis Booth, Ford´s vice president for Europe called for more co-operation from all stakeholders in meeting the growing challenge of climate change. Recognising the motor industry has a responsibility to bring down emissions, he reminded his audience of business representatives that others had an important role to play too.
As an industry we continue to make improvements to our cars and our manufacturing processes´, he said. ´However, there is a considerable way to go before others, like the oil industry, accept its part in the integrated approach.´
When discussing the role of the government in climate change, Mr Booth welcomed the UK government´s efforts to balance taxes in a technology-neutral way. However, on other EU member states, Mr Booth was more critical. ´Others tend to have incentives based on individual technologies, often ignoring the most efficient and lowest emitting vehicles. This is completely cuckoo.´