Five Degrees of Change
‘We tax what we eat and earn but not jet fuel; that is bizarre’ – Europe’s new climate commissioner
The former Dutch deputy prime minster Wopke Hoekstra speaks to the Five Degrees of Change podcast about fossil fuel subsidies, carbon pricing and seismic elections in his country
Wopke Hoekstra was 36 in 2011 when he decided to leave a well-paying job as a management consultant with McKinsey and enter Dutch politics.
Since then he has served as minister for finance, minister for foreign affairs and deputy prime minister, before being appointed as the European climate commissioner at the end of last year.
“It was certainly easier in the private sector,” Hoekstra chuckled, as he sat down with the Business Post for the Five Degrees of Change energy and environment podcast.
