Abstract:
Can Truss preserve the UK’s reputation for climate leadership, and its target of net zero emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) by 2050, while appointing a business secretary who wants to extract “every last drop” of oil from the North Sea? As a physicist who helped identify the need for net zero in the first place, I suspect the only way to do this would be to package these initiatives into an even bolder climate policy: make the UK the first country in the world to commit to geological net zero, linking future fossil fuel extraction and imports to permanent disposal of the CO₂ they generate.
Citation:
Allen, M. (2022), 'Could Liz Truss allow new drilling for oil and gas and still strengthen the UK’s net zero target?', The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/could-liz-truss-allow-new-drilling-for-oil-and-gas-and-still-strengthen-the-uks-net-zero-target-190031