How reliant is the UK's net zero mission on nascent tech and innovation?

Stuart Stone
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Clean tech and green solutions are 'alive and well' in the UK, but innovators need engaged investors, supportive policy and accessible routes to market to reach commercial scale, according to PwC research

Though the UK's annual greenhouse gas emissions were recently found to have now fallen to 54 per cent below 1990 levels, the hardest yards inevitably lie ahead - especially when more than half of remaining...

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