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The CBI’s first virtual Net-Zero Conference saw Director-General Dame Carolyn calling for the UK must become a global leader in climate action to create new green jobs and lift productivity post-pandemic.
Launching the CBI’s Green Recovery Roadmap, she said “action speaks a thousand times louder than words” - calling on the Government to take ambitious steps nationally and use the rest of the year to reignite global efforts to achieve net-zero by 2050.
Roadmap recommendations include:
“For so many, this feels like a time of fiercely competing goals,” she said. “The world faces two seemingly separate yet fundamental problems. Covid-19 – the biggest health crisis in living memory and climate change – the defining challenge of the modern era.
“But they are not separate. The response to one affects success on the other. And the defining question is, how does the UK use this moment to rebuild our economy and the greener and stronger world we want to return to.
“Business has been promised and is waiting for the Government’s climate blueprint - the Energy White Paper, National Infrastructure Strategy, as well as plans for the decarbonisation of transport, heat and buildings.
“Enabling firms to strike ahead with their investment plans for a net-zero future with confidence. There’s no more powerful way to unlock private investment for the UK and set the agenda and pace of COP26 negotiations.
“The UK is in pole position to lead the world in green tech – hydrogen, carbon capture and storage. We have the science, ambition and expertise to succeed.
“As COP26 Chair and holder of the G7 presidency next year, the UK has a unique opportunity to prove itself a global climate leader post-Brexit. Securing ambitious international commitments and taking action towards our own net-zero transition.
“Together business and government can lay the foundations for a strong, sustainable future. Not just for the UK, but through our global leadership, beyond our shores as well. A to-do list for this generation to pass on a better world to the next.”
The CBI’s Green Recovery Roadmap outlines six priorities to reignite business investment, create green jobs and kickstart a sustainable economic recovery. These include:
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