Is Net Zero economic suicide?
Battle of Ideas Festival Audio Archive

Is Net Zero economic suicide?

2024-08-06
Recorded at the Battle of Ideas festival 2022 on Sunday 16 October at Church House, London. ORIGINAL INTRODUCTION In July 2019, the Climate Change Act was amended to set a target of ‘net zero’ greenhouse-gas emissions by 2050. In 2021, the government announced an interim target of cutting emissions by 78 per cent by 2035 compared to 1990 levels. While politicians talk about the need to revive the UK economy, that legal obligation is already being used by environmental organisation to stymie dev...
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