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The green industrial revolution

27 Nov 2020 Green industrial revolution” is a term that we have heard used a great deal in recent years.  The Ten Point Plan set out last week now puts that revolution in motion. I know how many local groups and residents here in East Hampshire are passionate about the environment, and this plan marks the start of the UK’s path to net zero by 2050 and provides an important blueprint ahead of the COP26 climate summit that is due to be held in Glasgow next year. It also comes as the UK prepares to co-host the Climate Ambition summit on the 12th December, marking the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement. Covering clean energy, transport, nature and innovative technologies, it is big in scale and ambition, with an aim to create and support up to 250,000 highly-skilled green jobs. It surprises many to hear that the UK is already further advanced compared to other countries on a number of aspects of green energy – an in particular offshore wind deployment.  Now there will be a target to