Britain must stop ducking action on green issues
15th January 2008
The speed at which climate change has risen up the agenda of both business and government reflects a growing recognition of the threat it poses. The action needed to build a low-carbon economy, on which the world’s future prosperity and possibly the survival of the human race depend, will be cheaper and less painful if taken now rather than in five years.
Little or nothing is being done to develop the low-carbon infrastructure that would secure us a competitive advantage when the price of carbon rises - as it inevitably will, a recent article in The Guardian reports.
