Trade and Investment Requirements for Zero Carbon - Summary Video
Channel: Green House Think Tank
Date: 2020-09-25

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https://www.greenhousethinktank.org/trade-and-investment-requirements-for-zero-carbon.html

Radical changes are needed in the way the UK economy functions if we are to meet the demands of the climate emergency. This report for Green House by authors Peter Sims and Jonathan Essex analyses UK customs declaration data for 2019 to estimate the full trade carbon footprint of UK imports and exports.
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Short case studies on fish and seafood, fresh fruit and vegetables, roses, clothing, fossil fuels, biomass and iron and steel, all highlight the staggering quantities of materials flown, shipped and trucked in and out of the UK.

Based on their analysis of this data, the authors propose a toolkit to aid policy makers to face up to climate reality, as well as address the wider environmental impacts and the imbalances of power and wealth that underlie our global trade.