An eco-zealot who has been blocking roads in central London is a former BBC know-how chief who lives in a £900,000 dwelling and as soon as labored on a ‘inexperienced’ initiative with a state-owned enterprise in China.
Tim Lancaster, who’s a present director of a local weather change analysis group due to participate in COP26, was pictured yesterday as he and his instructor spouse Louise, 56, desperately tried to carry again a automotive throughout an Insulate Britain protest close to Southwark Bridge.
MailOnline can reveal that Mr Lancaster, 54, constructed hyperlinks in China whereas he had a high-flying put up with the Carbon Belief, which fights local weather change.
Mrs Lancaster left her job as a instructor to spend extra time on local weather activism, and has been a well-known determine at Insulate Britain protests in latest weeks.
She has repeatedly held up visitors whereas dealing with the ire of offended motorists, regardless of being arrested on a number of events, and ignoring a sequence of Excessive Court docket orders banning her from blocking roads.
However it’s believed that yesterday was the primary time that her husband was photographed becoming a member of her in a protest.
Mr Lancaster, who lives together with his spouse in a £900,000 home in Grantchester, close to Cambridge, was head of know-how for BBC Worldwide for 9 years earlier than becoming a member of the Carbon Belief in 2005.
He spent eight years on the taxpayer-funded organisation, initially as Operations Director earlier than changing into its director in China working greater than 5,000 miles away in Beijing.
Tim Lancaster, who’s a present director of a local weather change analysis group due to participate in COP26, was pictured yesterday as he and his instructor spouse Louise, 56, (each pictured) desperately tried to carry again a automotive throughout an Insulate Britain protest close to Southwark Bridge
Mr Lancaster, who lives together with his spouse in a £900,000 home in Grantchester, close to Cambridge, was head of know-how for BBC Worldwide for 9 years earlier than becoming a member of the Carbon Belief in 2005
A discover revealing a Excessive Court docket order on the house of Tim and Louise Lancaster
Mr Lancaster spent practically three years in his function in China between 2008 and 2011, at a time when the one-party state was investing closely in CO2-belching coal fired energy stations to gasoline its financial progress, and changing into infamous for human rights abuses.
He was answerable for organising the organisation’s first workplace in China and ‘developed a three way partnership with a Chinese language state-owned firm to spend money on low carbon applied sciences’, based on a web-based biography.
Mr Lancaster reveals his work in China for the Carbon Belief in his LinkedIn profile, saying he ‘negotiated, setup and steered a enterprise capital firm involving the Chinese language and UK governments’.
He provides in his profile: ‘When UK politics modified, I sourced a Singaporean companion, renegotiated the JV and doubled its valuation.
‘Designed and led quite a few initiatives that received Overseas Workplace funding. Offered on carbon emission discount on the Shanghai Expo and at conferences throughout China. Offered newspaper and radio interviews.’
Mr Lancaster spent practically three years in his function in China between 2008 and 2011, at a time when the one-party state was investing closely in CO2-belching coal fired energy stations to gasoline its financial progress, and changing into infamous for human rights abuses
Louise Lancaster, a instructor, and one other girl stand on Marsham Road in Westminster as they protest outdoors the Residence Workplace on Friday
Mr Lancaster additionally spent simply over a 12 months as Transition Director on the Carbon Belief earlier than leaving the organisation in 2011.
He’s at present Managing Director Cloud for the know-how firm Digital House which manages cloud storage platforms for private and non-private organisations throughout the UK.
Mr Lancaster additionally serves as a board member of the worldwide not for revenue community Local weather Methods, which boasts of getting ‘an expansive community of world-leading researchers as members’.
The organisation is internet hosting a sequence of conferences on the upcoming COP26 local weather change convention of political leaders which begins subsequent week in Glasgow.
The Local weather Methods web site states that it ‘works on the science-policy interface, advancing local weather coverage by means of significant interactions between determination makers and researchers throughout Europe and internationally.’
Mrs Lancaster was pictured being arrested on September 20 throughout a protest blocking the M25, and was then seen once more two days later participating in one other demonstration outdoors the Residence Workplace, the place she wore a placard, saying: ‘Louise Lancaster, instructor & mom, finest funding to scale back CO2, Insulate Britain’
She was additionally one of many two girls activists who have been filmed sitting within the street final week after they have been ‘nudged’ alongside by a Vary Rover pushed by livid mom Sherrilyn Speid, 34, who had her faculty run delayed in Thurrock, Essex.
Mrs Lancaster was one of many two girls activists who have been filmed sitting within the street final week after they have been ‘nudged’ alongside by a Vary Rover pushed by livid mom Sherrilyn Speid, 34, who had her faculty run delayed in Thurrock, Essex
MailOnline can reveal Mr and Mrs Lancaster reside in a cul-de-sac in Grantchester, the idyllic village featured within the ITV detective drama of the identical title. Their home is round 400 yards from the house of Tory peer and novelist Jeffrey Archer.
The couple are recognized within the village as devoted eco-campaigners, and drive a white Renault Zoe electrical hatchback automotive value round £20,000 which was sitting on their driveway at the moment.
An indication caught to their door stated: ‘A bundle has been left that accommodates an Order of the Excessive Court docket and you have to learn it instantly and take authorized recommendation. Should you want one other copy please name Mr Abbey Ameen of Transport for London.’
The couple’s son Tristan, 24, who answered the door, stated: ‘They aren’t round.’
When a journalist pointed to the observe on the door, he added: ‘They try this each day.’
He admitted that his mom had been arrested quite a few occasions and stated that she and his father have been staying down in London ‘for a bit’.
Tristan confirmed his mom was a instructor, however stated: ‘She needed to depart her job for a bit simply because colleges are involved about activism. You’ll assume they’d be open to it.’
Talking of his father, he added: ‘For a very long time, he has been very effectively knowledgeable on local weather points’.
Tristan additionally defended his dad and mom’ inexperienced credentials, saying they solely had the one automotive. He added: ‘If we have to do lengthy journeys, we experience share with different individuals.’
He claimed that the household had additionally spent cash on making an attempt to enhance the power effectivity of their home, placing in additional insulation within the attic.
Tristan stated: ‘It takes lots to insulate a spot like this – however we’ve completed every thing we are able to to enhance the power ranking.’
Neighbours refused to remark concerning the couple. One stated: ‘I do not assume anybody on the street will communicate to you.’
However one villager stated: ‘Tim and Louise are well-known round right here for his or her environmental campaigning. Individuals simply allow them to get on with it.’