Abstract:
The UK’s 2008 Climate Change Act has led to a 34% fall in CO2 emissions by 2019, while real GDP per capita had risen by more than 10% following the crash into the ‘Great Recession’. Can the UK achieve its recent net-zero emissions target by 2050 while still growing? This column describes some speculative routes to such a decarbonised future.
Citation:
Hendry, D.F. & Castle, J.C. (2020). 'Decarbonising the future UK economy', VoxEU.