The Context Over the last year there has been a strand of debate in this journal on climate change and global warming that has exposed firm beliefs from advocates and opponents of action alike. However, if I might use an analogy – the train is now in the station and about to leave. So irrespective of beliefs on climate change, the UK now has a declared policy of bringing all greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050, compared with the previous target of at least 80% reduction from 1990 levels. The Prime Minister in late November 2020 set out his ten-point plan for a green industrial revolut…
