'No easy task': Government urged to launch new policies to decarbonise 'hard to abate' industries

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'No easy task': Government urged to launch new policies to decarbonise 'hard to abate' industries

Researchers from Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership call on government to redouble efforts to boost investment in decarbonisation of carbon-intensive industries

The government is again facing calls to "step up" and follow the example of the EU and US by introducing a stronger policy framework to support the decarbonisation of 'hard to abate' industries such as...

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