Focus on low carbon and environment crucial for recovery

Responding to the Labour Party’s green economic recovery consultation report today, Signe Norberg, Public Affairs Manager at the Aldersgate Group, said: “Focusing on low carbon technologies, skills and services will be crucial as the UK recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic. This will create new jobs, spread opportunities across the country and support our climate and environmental goals. As we have argued in recent reports [1], these opportunities need to be supported by a programme of near-term public investment, the creation of new institutions, such as a National Investment Bank, a low carbon skills strategy and comprehensive policies which can drive long-term private sector investment. The consultation report highlighted by the Labour Party today illustrates the opportunities that lie ahead and the range of actions that are required to achieve them.”