Have we put too many eggs in one basket with our net-zero goal?

By Simon Rawlinson2022-11-14T07:00:00

There is no plan B for net zero but, with the clock ticking on the 1.5C target, we need to start a parallel conversation on resilience

A couple of weeks ago, Arcadis submitted our contribution to the Skidmore review. Even after Liz Truss resigned as prime minister last month, we took the view that the review’s agenda was too important and too urgent to be dropped and the review’s alignment of decarbonisation with the growth agenda made good sense.

With a reluctant Rishi Sunak having taken his growth-aligned message to COP27 it not only looks like we were right to continue, but also that the growth agenda should help to get the UK’s net zero investments over the line.

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