Chris Goodall in his new book “WHAT WE NEED TO DO NOW For a Zero Carbon Future” decodes actions that must be taken for the UK to become a net zero emitter by 2050.
His key recommendations for the UK are:
- Building a huge over-capacity of wind and solar energy, storing the excess as hydrogen
- Using hydrogen to fuel our trains, shipping, boilers and heavy industry, while electrifying buses, trucks and cars
- Farming – and eating – differently, encouraging plant-based alternatives to meat, and paying farmers to plant and maintain woodlands
- Making fashion sustainable and aviation pay its way, funding synthetic fuels and genuine offsets
- Using technical solutions to capture CO2 from the air, and biochar to lock carbon in soil
What are the measures that your country’s industry and government are able to apply swiftly?