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Carbon-zero battle is one we must win T
here is no doubt we are facing a Climate Emergency. The evidence is compelling that urgent action is required to tackle climate change. Unless we act now, future generations will condemn us for our failure to respond to the biggest challenge of the age. Vital to that response is how we generate energy. Unless we create a low carbon energy future we have no hope of hitting the UK target of a net zero carbon economy by 2050 as we attempt to head off a tipping point in global warming. In Cornwall we are being more ambitious. Having formally declared a Climate Emergency, we are working towards being net zero carbon by 2030, a full 20 years ahead of the UK. That’s a huge challenge but also a tre-
Photo: Øyvind Gravås Woldcam - Statoil
Mark Duddridge
Chair of the Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership
mendous opportunity, and one where Cornwall and the wider South West can become a global leader in the transition to a low carbon economy, especially when it comes to renewable energy. This isn’t fanciful thinking. In the last eight years, Cornwall has cut its carbon footprint by almost a fifth, and twothirds of emissions reductions have been achieved by decarbonising electricity. We are the sunniest place in the UK with one of the best wind climates in »»Turn to page 2