The UK has led the world to date in cutting emissions
while creating wealth. Between 1990 and 2016, the UK
reduced its emissions by over 40% while growing the
economy by more than 2 thirds – the best performance in
the G7on a per person
basis.
The global move to cleaner economic growth – through
low carbon technologies and the more efficient use of
resource – is one of the greatest industrial
opportunities of our time.
This is why we put clean growth at the heart of both
our Clean Growth
Strategy, and the Industrial
Strategy through our new Clean Growth
Grand Challenge. We want to maximise the economic
and industrial advantages of both the global and our
domestic shift to clean growth across the whole of the
UK.
Launching on 15 October 2018, Green GB Week will showcase the
benefits clean growth will bring to all parts of
society – from new jobs to cleaner air. We want local
communities to embrace this challenge and grow momentum
from the ground up.
A diverse range of businesses, civil society groups and
government will join forces to tell the story of clean
growth and how acting to tackle climate change is a
shared endeavour, delivering a week of activity that
involves all parts of the country. The week will
highlight both the urgent need to tackle climate change
and our rapid progress towards building a cleaner
economy.
This year the week will focus on celebrating UK
leadership on climate change, marking the 10-year
anniversary of the Climate Change Act, while
highlighting the business opportunity from clean growth
and providing a platform for the latest research on the
impacts of climate change.
There will be events to showcase the leading role of
the UK’s academic community and businesses in new low
carbon technologies, innovative financial products and
business models that will help us tackle climate change
while generating economic growth. It will also provide
a focal point to promote British clean businesses to
international investors.
A detailed programme for the week is under development,
and will include a focus on:
- UK leadership on climate change
- the latest climate science
- the clean technologies of future
- financing the low carbon economy
- clean growth as a business opportunity
- climate action in communities
