'Levelling up' the UK is a golden opportunity for climate action - but the government is failing

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'Levelling up' the UK is a golden opportunity for climate action - but the government is failing

Jacob Ainscough at Lancaster University argues the opportunity to link the net zero transition and the levelling up agenda is at risk of being squandered

Economists no longer talk of decarbonisation as a cost; climate action is now widely seen as an investment. Like any investment in new economic sectors, money spent is expected to be more than made back...

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