Why Achieving The UK's Net Zero Goals Is So Unrealistic | Dieter Helm on Climate Change

Описание: Is net zero 2030 impossible to achieve - and is it a mistake to pursue it? Should governments be more brutal with climate investment? Are events like COP a waste of time?

Rory and Alastair are joined by Britain’s leading energy economist, Professor Dieter Helm, to answer all these questions and more.

00:00 Intro
02:33 Are you an optimist or pessimist about climate change?
09:03 The UK is ahead on climate change but then 80% of our energy comes from carbon
17:33 Why have costs fallen on solar and what does that mean for the next step?
20:24 Remind us why we need to meet Net Zero
23:41 How are you placed politically?
27:45 Can we reduce the gap between optimism and pessimism on climate change?
48:04 Who is to blame - Labour or Conservative?
53:06 What is the climate change solution?
1:06:33 What should the next government not do?
1:08:45 Outro
1:09:50 Debrief