Electric vehicle networks are likely to be rolled out in the 2030s
Turner sets roadmap for decarbonisation
Former chair of UK Climate Change Committee lays out recommendations for reaching net zero
Lord Turner chairs the Energy Transitions Commission (ETC), a global coalition of major power and industrial companies, investors, environmental NGOs and experts working out achievable pathways to limit global warming to well below 2˚C by 2040. He has previously chaired the UK’s Financial Services Authority (2008-2013) and the UK’s Climate Change Committee (CCC) (2008-2012), and was director general of the Confederation of British Industry from 1995 to 2000. 50pc – Level of low-carbon power that can be achieved in India and China by 2030 Here he talks to Transition Economist about two key questions outlined in a recent set of reports published by the ETC—which envision a huge electr
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