The climate sceptic columnist Christopher Booker applauded her volte-face, arguing that previously she had been "under the spell" of her adviser the former UN ambassador SirCrispinTickell.
The three-member taskforce comprised Dr Harry Atkinson, formerly of the Science and Engineering Research Council and past chairman of the European Space Agency's Council, with SirCrispinTickell, Britain's former ambassador to the UN and Professor David Williams, from University College, London.