These emissions aren’t factored into climate targets, and COVID recovery could make it worse.
- Lecturer in Human Geography, University of Manchester
Contrary to the advice of the UK’s climate advisers, aiming for net zero before 2050 is credible – but the country must reassess how much its future is worth.
Greater Manchester wants to be “zero carbon”. But this sort of target raises some important questions.
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