Listen "How can the Labour government achieve its clean power aims and accelerate to net zero?"
Episode Synopsis
Decarbonising the power system by 2030 and accelerating to net zero is one of Labour's five missions. But achieving this goal means moving faster than the previous government and overcoming barriers like the availability of skilled workers while engaging with distributional questions to ensure a just transition. Building on recent IfG research, this event looked at what the new government has done so far - and what other actions it could take to accelerate delivery while avoiding any unintended consequences for the wider transition to net zero.
Mete Coban MBE, Deputy Mayor for Environment and Energy at Greater London Authority
Clem Cowton, Director of External Affairs at Octopus Energy
Ed Cox, Executive Director for Strategy, Economy & Net Zero at West Midlands Combined Authority
Rosa Hodgkin, Researcher at the Institute for Government
Professor Karl Whittle, Professor of Zero Carbon and Nuclear Energy at the University of Liverpool
This event was chaired by Jill Rutter, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Government.
This event was in partnership with The Heseltine Institute for Public Policy, Practice and Place, University of Liverpool.
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Mete Coban MBE, Deputy Mayor for Environment and Energy at Greater London Authority
Clem Cowton, Director of External Affairs at Octopus Energy
Ed Cox, Executive Director for Strategy, Economy & Net Zero at West Midlands Combined Authority
Rosa Hodgkin, Researcher at the Institute for Government
Professor Karl Whittle, Professor of Zero Carbon and Nuclear Energy at the University of Liverpool
This event was chaired by Jill Rutter, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Government.
This event was in partnership with The Heseltine Institute for Public Policy, Practice and Place, University of Liverpool.
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