MI6 is using its secret agents to check the pollution levels of foreign countries to ensure they keep to their climate targets, its boss has today revealed.
Depicted as a flashy all-action spy agency in the blockbuster James Bond films, the real life secret service is seemingly searching for a more realistic way to save the planet.
According to its boss, Richard Moore, known as ‘C’, the organisation is putting the climate emergency at the forefront of its international espionage.
The information MI6 obtains on big industrial nations will be used to hold those countries to account over their commitments to lower pollution levels, the spy chief said.
In an incredibly rare interview, with Times Radio, Mr Moore, 57, also revealed that MI6 – actually called the Secret Intelligence Service – is also on the hunt for a gadget guru to head up its technical department.
He said the top secret agency is looking to recruit outside the service to fill the role – which the spy agency has actually named ‘Q’ in a nod to the James Bond books.
According to MI6 boss, Richard Moore, known as…
