IfG Net Zero Conference

Tackling climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing governments across the world. With both Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer pledging to hit ambitious emissions targets and make the UK a clean energy ‘superpower’, the net zero agenda will be a major issue at the next general election.

So what needs to be done to switch the UK from being an economy powered by carbon to one that is near emissions free, and does the UK have a credible plan to hit its net zero targets?

To explore these critical questions, and examine what government needs to do to meet its climate objectives, the Institute for Government brought together leading politicians and experts from the UK and beyond for a special net zero conference.

The morning focused on whether the UK government has the right policies in place to cut emissions. And in the afternoon we examined government’s role in supporting green industries, following major subsidies announced by the US and the EU.

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This event was kindly supported by Deloitte.

Welcome

• Dr Hannah White OBE, Director of the Institute for Government

Opening keynote by Rt Hon Chris Skidmore MP

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• Rt Hon Chris Skidmore MP, author of the Independent Review of Net Zero
• Dr Hannah White OBE, Director of the Institute for Government (chair)

Delivering net zero – Does government have a robust plan for delivering net zero?

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• David Joffe, Director of Analysis at the Climate Change Committee
• Guy Newey, Chief Executive of Energy Systems Catapult
• Tom Sasse, Associate Director at the Institute for Government
• Charlotte Warburton, Public Sector Sustainability & Climate Lead at Deloitte
• Jill Rutter, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Government (chair)

Keynote by Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP

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• Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Net Zero
• Emma Norris, Deputy Director of the Institute for Government (chair)

Supporting green industries – How should the UK respond as other countries shift towards green industries?

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Brief introduction from Amanda Tickel, Head of Tax and Trade Policy at Deloitte

• Elisabetta Cornago, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for European Reform
• Joss Garman, Executive Director of the European Climate Foundation
• Michael Liebreich, Chairman and CEO of Liebreich Associates
• Giles Wilkes, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Government and former special adviser
• Tom Sasse, Associate Director at the Institute for Government (chair)