Will UK Net Zero be profitable?


In 2021 the Government published a Net Zero strategy aimed at eliminating by 2050 the UK’s net territorial output (emissions minus sequestration) of greenhouse gases that are causing climate change.

These pages explain why the Net Zero strategy could increase green economic growth if there is a coherent industrial strategy that exploits Britain’s wealth of intermittent renewable energy (particularly wind power).

With a coherent industrial strategy, Net Zero could also profitably reduce overseas emissions