If government is serious about net zero, it must implement a UK Emissions Trading System in 2021

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The Chancellor is reportedly considering a hike in carbon prices to help raise revenues and accelerate the net zero transition, but as Dr. Danial Sturge and George Day argue, carbon pricing is complex and won't deliver net zero emissions on its own

Last week the Prime Minister spoke of "a green industrial revolution that in the next 10 years will create hundreds of thousands if not millions of jobs". Low carbon energy innovation can be the key engine...

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