{"id":53942,"date":"2021-02-16T15:34:02","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T15:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/?post_type=news&#038;p=53942"},"modified":"2024-08-16T10:23:01","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T09:23:01","slug":"the-treasurys-net-zero-review-bedrock-of-a-just-transition","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/news\/the-treasurys-net-zero-review-bedrock-of-a-just-transition\/","title":{"rendered":"The Treasury\u2019s Net Zero Review: bedrock of a just transition?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"><p class=\"is-style-large\">With COP26 coming to Glasgow this November, all eyes will be on the UK. This is the moment for the&nbsp;Government&nbsp;to take every opportunity to lead by example&nbsp;in the drive to cut emissions&nbsp;in a&nbsp;fair&nbsp;and equitable way, says Esin Serin, as she evaluates the&nbsp;Treasury&rsquo;s&nbsp;recently published&nbsp;Net Zero Review&nbsp;interim report.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reaching&nbsp;net-zero&nbsp;emissions&nbsp;requires&nbsp;coordinated&nbsp;and consistent action across all levels of&nbsp;government.&nbsp;Without this, hard won credibility can be quickly lost.&nbsp;Her Majesty&rsquo;s Treasury&rsquo;s &lsquo;Net Zero&nbsp;Review&rsquo; &ndash; the&nbsp;<a class=\"link link--external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/net-zero-review-interim-report\" aria-describedby=\"link-description-new-window\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\">interim report&#65279;<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M14.42 1.04L3.2.7a.8.8 0 00-.8.76v.1a.8.8 0 00.76.7l9.39.3L.93 14.16c-.3.3-.3.8 0 1.1l.09.08c.3.23.73.2 1.01-.07L13.65 3.65l.29 9.4a.8.8 0 00.8.76.79.79 0 00.77-.8L15.17 1.8a.82.82 0 00-.75-.76z\" fill=\"#2e3152\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>&nbsp;of which was published in December &ndash;&nbsp;has the potential to embed&nbsp;a coordinated approach across government&nbsp;under&nbsp;a&nbsp;shared objective:&nbsp;making&nbsp;the&nbsp;transition to net-zero&nbsp;<em>just<\/em>.&nbsp;The interim report is a comprehensive account of what it&nbsp;takes to fairly distribute the costs and benefits of net-zero.&nbsp;The&nbsp;final report&nbsp;&ndash; due in the spring &ndash;&nbsp;can now point to an ambitious policy agenda&nbsp;that delivers&nbsp;on the Government&rsquo;s ambitious rhetoric.&nbsp;The UK&nbsp;getting its own just transition strategy right&nbsp;is&nbsp;imperative before asking other countries to follow&nbsp;the&nbsp;lead at COP26.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a class=\"link link--external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theccc.org.uk\/publication\/sixth-carbon-budget\/\" aria-describedby=\"link-description-new-window\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\">latest Climate Change Committee (CCC)&nbsp;advice&#65279;<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M14.42 1.04L3.2.7a.8.8 0 00-.8.76v.1a.8.8 0 00.76.7l9.39.3L.93 14.16c-.3.3-.3.8 0 1.1l.09.08c.3.23.73.2 1.01-.07L13.65 3.65l.29 9.4a.8.8 0 00.8.76.79.79 0 00.77-.8L15.17 1.8a.82.82 0 00-.75-.76z\" fill=\"#2e3152\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>&nbsp;effectively&nbsp;brings forward&nbsp;by nearly 15 years&nbsp;the&nbsp;UK&rsquo;s&nbsp;former 2050 target of&nbsp;an 80% reduction of&nbsp;greenhouse gas emissions from 1990&nbsp;levels&nbsp;&ndash; which, of course, was replaced in 2019 with the&nbsp;significantly more ambitious&nbsp;target&nbsp;of&nbsp;&lsquo;net-zero&rsquo;.&nbsp;The&nbsp;need to go further and faster&nbsp;makes&nbsp;understanding&nbsp;and effectively responding to&nbsp;the distributional impacts of the low-carbon transition more&nbsp;urgent than ever.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Clean<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>g<\/strong><strong>rowth<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;potential paving the way<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;Net Zero Review&nbsp;states&nbsp;an objective to consider&nbsp;&ldquo;how government policy can&nbsp;&hellip;&nbsp;maximise the potential growth opportunities from&nbsp;net zero&rdquo;.&nbsp;The acknowledgment of the potential for clean growth&nbsp;is evidence&nbsp;of&nbsp;a crucial paradigm shift&nbsp;in&nbsp;Treasury&nbsp;thinking,&nbsp;which should&nbsp;create the opportunity for all departments to be more ambitious and&nbsp;coordinated&nbsp;as they work&nbsp;to&nbsp;deliver net-zero.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Treasury&nbsp;reiterates&nbsp;in its interim report&nbsp;recently announced&nbsp;policies, including those&nbsp;for a&nbsp;<a class=\"link link--external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/the-ten-point-plan-for-a-green-industrial-revolution\" aria-describedby=\"link-description-new-window\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\">Green Industrial Revolution&#65279;<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M14.42 1.04L3.2.7a.8.8 0 00-.8.76v.1a.8.8 0 00.76.7l9.39.3L.93 14.16c-.3.3-.3.8 0 1.1l.09.08c.3.23.73.2 1.01-.07L13.65 3.65l.29 9.4a.8.8 0 00.8.76.79.79 0 00.77-.8L15.17 1.8a.82.82 0 00-.75-.76z\" fill=\"#2e3152\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>, designed&nbsp;to&nbsp;help&nbsp;the UK make the most of the&nbsp;opportunities presented by decarbonisation.&nbsp;But&nbsp;for the UK to&nbsp;cement&nbsp;its ambitions,&nbsp;existing policies need to be&nbsp;incorporated&nbsp;into&nbsp;a redesigned&nbsp;and long-term industrial strategy with clean growth at its core.&nbsp;That&nbsp;strategy should&nbsp;account&nbsp;for&nbsp;how&nbsp;different policies in different contexts&nbsp;can be&nbsp;coherent and&nbsp;complementary and&nbsp;show how&nbsp;policy choices&nbsp;will drive&nbsp;positive systemic impacts.&nbsp;This&nbsp;includes&nbsp;assessing&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Delivering-strong-and-sustainable-growth-in-the-UK_A-special-decade-for-innovation-and-investment.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">specific growth opportunities<\/a>, for example&nbsp;from technologies for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/publication\/seizing-sustainable-growth-opportunities-from-zero-emission-passenger-vehicles-in-the-uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">zero emission vehicles<\/a>&nbsp;and carbon capture and storage,&nbsp;with&nbsp;regard to&nbsp;their potential to deliver net-zero along with other overarching&nbsp;government&nbsp;objectives.&nbsp;Those wider objectives&nbsp;include&nbsp;boosting productivity, driving&nbsp;a&nbsp;sustainable, inclusive and&nbsp;resilient economic recovery from COVID-19, levelling up across the UK, and redefining the UK&rsquo;s role in the world.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Fiscal challenges are looming<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a class=\"link link--external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theccc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/The-Sixth-Carbon-Budget-The-UKs-path-to-Net-Zero.pdf\" aria-describedby=\"link-description-new-window\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\">CCC estimates&#65279;<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M14.42 1.04L3.2.7a.8.8 0 00-.8.76v.1a.8.8 0 00.76.7l9.39.3L.93 14.16c-.3.3-.3.8 0 1.1l.09.08c.3.23.73.2 1.01-.07L13.65 3.65l.29 9.4a.8.8 0 00.8.76.79.79 0 00.77-.8L15.17 1.8a.82.82 0 00-.75-.76z\" fill=\"#2e3152\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>&nbsp;that low-carbon investment in the UK each year needs to grow five-fold from circa &pound;10bn in 2020 to circa &pound;50bn by 2030.&nbsp;Of course, the&nbsp;fiscal space will be severely constrained&nbsp;because of&nbsp;COVID-19. Policy and strong institutions will be critical to bring down the cost of capital and leverage the maximum amount of private sector investment possible.&nbsp;Unfortunately&nbsp;the Treasury&rsquo;s&nbsp;interim report lacks detail on an&nbsp;<a class=\"link link--external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theccc.org.uk\/publication\/the-road-to-net-zero-finance-sixth-carbon-budget-advisory-group\/\" aria-describedby=\"link-description-new-window\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\">overall systematic approach to finance&#65279;<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M14.42 1.04L3.2.7a.8.8 0 00-.8.76v.1a.8.8 0 00.76.7l9.39.3L.93 14.16c-.3.3-.3.8 0 1.1l.09.08c.3.23.73.2 1.01-.07L13.65 3.65l.29 9.4a.8.8 0 00.8.76.79.79 0 00.77-.8L15.17 1.8a.82.82 0 00-.75-.76z\" fill=\"#2e3152\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>,&nbsp;which&nbsp;is needed&nbsp;<em>now<\/em>&nbsp;to&nbsp;frontload investment for&nbsp;net-zero&nbsp;in this decade.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;recently announced National Infrastructure Bank&nbsp;will be&nbsp;a pivotal institution to crowd in private finance and bring forward&nbsp;net-zero-aligned&nbsp;infrastructure projects at scale.&nbsp;If&nbsp;the Treasury&nbsp;moves&nbsp;quickly, the&nbsp;Bank&rsquo;s initial investments have the&nbsp;potential to&nbsp;<a class=\"link link--external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.economicsobservatory.com\/could-national-investment-bank-support-recovery-covid-19-crisis\" aria-describedby=\"link-description-new-window\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\">support the recovery&#65279;<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M14.42 1.04L3.2.7a.8.8 0 00-.8.76v.1a.8.8 0 00.76.7l9.39.3L.93 14.16c-.3.3-.3.8 0 1.1l.09.08c.3.23.73.2 1.01-.07L13.65 3.65l.29 9.4a.8.8 0 00.8.76.79.79 0 00.77-.8L15.17 1.8a.82.82 0 00-.75-.76z\" fill=\"#2e3152\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>&nbsp;from COVID-19. Setting&nbsp;out a concrete plan for&nbsp;the Bank&rsquo;s&nbsp;implementation should be&nbsp;the&nbsp;utmost priority for&nbsp;the Treasury.&nbsp;This&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Delivering-strong-and-sustainable-growth-in-the-UK_A-special-decade-for-innovation-and-investment.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">should include<\/a>&nbsp;making any&nbsp;explicit sustainability mandate&nbsp;clear,&nbsp;and&nbsp;processes&nbsp;to ensure projects are rooted in regional development plans and needs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The transition to net-zero will&nbsp;bring&nbsp;structural change that will drive the need for&nbsp;fiscal&nbsp;reform.&nbsp;As the transition accelerates, some revenue sources are likely to&nbsp;decline:&nbsp;for instance,&nbsp;a transition to electric vehicles&nbsp;is&nbsp;alone&nbsp;estimated to&nbsp;<a class=\"link link--external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theccc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/The-Sixth-Carbon-Budget-The-UKs-path-to-Net-Zero.pdf\" aria-describedby=\"link-description-new-window\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\">put at risk around &pound;35bn per year&#65279;<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M14.42 1.04L3.2.7a.8.8 0 00-.8.76v.1a.8.8 0 00.76.7l9.39.3L.93 14.16c-.3.3-.3.8 0 1.1l.09.08c.3.23.73.2 1.01-.07L13.65 3.65l.29 9.4a.8.8 0 00.8.76.79.79 0 00.77-.8L15.17 1.8a.82.82 0 00-.75-.76z\" fill=\"#2e3152\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>&nbsp;of current&nbsp;government tax receipts, the majority coming from fuel duty.&nbsp;Carbon prices have an important role in fiscal reform, with the potential to raise much needed revenues.&nbsp;With&#8239;<a class=\"link link--external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.resolutionfoundation.org\/publications\/doing-more-of-what-it-takes\/\" aria-describedby=\"link-description-new-window\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\">higher public debt&#65279;&#65279;<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M14.42 1.04L3.2.7a.8.8 0 00-.8.76v.1a.8.8 0 00.76.7l9.39.3L.93 14.16c-.3.3-.3.8 0 1.1l.09.08c.3.23.73.2 1.01-.07L13.65 3.65l.29 9.4a.8.8 0 00.8.76.79.79 0 00.77-.8L15.17 1.8a.82.82 0 00-.75-.76z\" fill=\"#2e3152\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>&nbsp;levels&nbsp;resulting from the response to the pandemic,&nbsp;and the need to prevent a distorted recovery that locks&nbsp;the economy&nbsp;into a high-carbon path that is&nbsp;costlier&nbsp;to reverse later&nbsp;(see&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Pricing-carbon-during-the-recovery-from-the-COVID-19-pandemic.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Burke et al., 2020<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a class=\"link link--external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/lsecloud-my.sharepoint.com\/personal\/j_burke2_lse_ac_uk\/Documents\/Microsoft%20Teams%20Chat%20Files\/en-special-series-on-covid-19-greening-the-recovery.pdf\" aria-describedby=\"link-description-new-window\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\">the IMF, 2020&#65279;<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M14.42 1.04L3.2.7a.8.8 0 00-.8.76v.1a.8.8 0 00.76.7l9.39.3L.93 14.16c-.3.3-.3.8 0 1.1l.09.08c.3.23.73.2 1.01-.07L13.65 3.65l.29 9.4a.8.8 0 00.8.76.79.79 0 00.77-.8L15.17 1.8a.82.82 0 00-.75-.76z\" fill=\"#2e3152\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>),&nbsp;it&nbsp;is very timely that the Treasury&rsquo;s Review considers an increased carbon price in the UK.&nbsp;A higher carbon price would&nbsp;also&nbsp;be a&nbsp;clear sign,&nbsp;ahead of COP26,&nbsp;that&nbsp;the UK is walking the walk at home before asking other countries to be more ambitious.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Just transition<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;is the only way to transition<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Net-zero means real changes to every aspect of our lives.&nbsp;Today, a&nbsp;typical battery electric vehicle is&nbsp;<a class=\"link link--external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theccc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/The-Sixth-Carbon-Budget-The-UKs-path-to-Net-Zero.pdf\" aria-describedby=\"link-description-new-window\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\">35% more expensive&#65279;<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M14.42 1.04L3.2.7a.8.8 0 00-.8.76v.1a.8.8 0 00.76.7l9.39.3L.93 14.16c-.3.3-.3.8 0 1.1l.09.08c.3.23.73.2 1.01-.07L13.65 3.65l.29 9.4a.8.8 0 00.8.76.79.79 0 00.77-.8L15.17 1.8a.82.82 0 00-.75-.76z\" fill=\"#2e3152\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>&nbsp;to buy than a comparable conventional car,&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a class=\"link link--external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theccc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Behaviour-change-public-engagement-and-Net-Zero-Imperial-College-London.pdf\" aria-describedby=\"link-description-new-window\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\">80% of consumers surveyed&#65279;<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M14.42 1.04L3.2.7a.8.8 0 00-.8.76v.1a.8.8 0 00.76.7l9.39.3L.93 14.16c-.3.3-.3.8 0 1.1l.09.08c.3.23.73.2 1.01-.07L13.65 3.65l.29 9.4a.8.8 0 00.8.76.79.79 0 00.77-.8L15.17 1.8a.82.82 0 00-.75-.76z\" fill=\"#2e3152\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>&nbsp;in a 2018 study&nbsp;reported&nbsp;they&nbsp;&ldquo;would not or could not&nbsp;afford&rdquo;&nbsp;a&nbsp;heat pump&nbsp;installation. Especially where&nbsp;there is&nbsp;a high upfront cost&nbsp;attached,&nbsp;not&nbsp;all parts of society can be expected to adopt lower-carbon ways of living at the same pace.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Macroeconomic assessments often mask the heterogenous impacts on different regions and income groups from the transition to net-zero.&nbsp;By building on the in-depth analysis of transition impacts on different types of households in the interim Net Zero Review, policy can be designed to deliver net-zero in a way that fairly distributes the costs and benefits of the transition while tackling existing inequalities across society.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2018&nbsp;<a class=\"link link--external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/882404\/annual-fuel-poverty-statistics-report-2020-2018-data.pdf\" aria-describedby=\"link-description-new-window\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\">2.4 million households&#65279;<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M14.42 1.04L3.2.7a.8.8 0 00-.8.76v.1a.8.8 0 00.76.7l9.39.3L.93 14.16c-.3.3-.3.8 0 1.1l.09.08c.3.23.73.2 1.01-.07L13.65 3.65l.29 9.4a.8.8 0 00.8.76.79.79 0 00.77-.8L15.17 1.8a.82.82 0 00-.75-.76z\" fill=\"#2e3152\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>&nbsp;in England&nbsp;were&nbsp;living&nbsp;in fuel poverty and of&nbsp;those, almost&nbsp;90%&nbsp;in properties&nbsp;with an&nbsp;energy efficiency&nbsp;rating&nbsp;Band D or worse&nbsp;(on a scale of A to G, with&nbsp;A being&nbsp;the most efficient),&nbsp;many&nbsp;likely suffering from either damp, draughts, or overheating.&nbsp;Energy efficiency policies should be prioritised given that they have high economic and job multipliers,&nbsp;while&nbsp;simultaneously&nbsp;tackling a hard to decarbonise sector and reducing fuel poverty. In this regard the Government was right to quickly design&nbsp;and deploy the&nbsp;<a class=\"link link--external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/apply-for-the-green-homes-grant-scheme\" aria-describedby=\"link-description-new-window\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\">Green Homes Grant&#65279;<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M14.42 1.04L3.2.7a.8.8 0 00-.8.76v.1a.8.8 0 00.76.7l9.39.3L.93 14.16c-.3.3-.3.8 0 1.1l.09.08c.3.23.73.2 1.01-.07L13.65 3.65l.29 9.4a.8.8 0 00.8.76.79.79 0 00.77-.8L15.17 1.8a.82.82 0 00-.75-.76z\" fill=\"#2e3152\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Such measures&nbsp;within individual policies&nbsp;are&nbsp;welcome&nbsp;and&nbsp;through these&nbsp;the UK&nbsp;can also&nbsp;set a lead for other countries&nbsp;to follow. But to do this&nbsp;it needs&nbsp;an&nbsp;overarching&nbsp;Just Transition Strategy&nbsp;embedded in&nbsp;all&nbsp;net-zero policies&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;the Treasury&rsquo;s&nbsp;Net Zero Review is the natural starting point for&nbsp;this.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Jobs<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>beyond the numbers<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Policy choices to be made around jobs&nbsp;are intrinsically linked to delivering a just transition.&nbsp;The decline in high-carbon industries through the net-zero transition carries&nbsp;the risk of worsening the&nbsp;UK&rsquo;s&nbsp;already&nbsp;uneven economic performance across and within regions&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;the target of the Government&rsquo;s &lsquo;levelling up&rsquo; agenda.&nbsp;There is not&nbsp;only a&nbsp;disproportionate&nbsp;risk of employment loss&nbsp;for&nbsp;workers in&nbsp;high-carbon industries&nbsp;but also&nbsp;for&nbsp;those without adequate access to education and training&nbsp;opportunities, including&nbsp;vulnerable&nbsp;people who have&nbsp;already&nbsp;been&nbsp;<a class=\"link link--external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/cep.lse.ac.uk\/pubs\/download\/cepcovid-19-007.pdf\" aria-describedby=\"link-description-new-window\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\">hit hardest&#65279;<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M14.42 1.04L3.2.7a.8.8 0 00-.8.76v.1a.8.8 0 00.76.7l9.39.3L.93 14.16c-.3.3-.3.8 0 1.1l.09.08c.3.23.73.2 1.01-.07L13.65 3.65l.29 9.4a.8.8 0 00.8.76.79.79 0 00.77-.8L15.17 1.8a.82.82 0 00-.75-.76z\" fill=\"#2e3152\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>&nbsp;by&nbsp;the&nbsp;disruptions&nbsp;from&nbsp;COVID-19.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Treasury&nbsp;recognises the&nbsp;job potential&nbsp;from the transition to net zero:&nbsp;<a class=\"link link--external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ons.gov.uk\/economy\/environmentalaccounts\/methodologies\/lowcarbonandrenewableenergyeconomylcreesurveyqmi#important-points\" aria-describedby=\"link-description-new-window\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\">over 460,000 jobs&#65279;<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M14.42 1.04L3.2.7a.8.8 0 00-.8.76v.1a.8.8 0 00.76.7l9.39.3L.93 14.16c-.3.3-.3.8 0 1.1l.09.08c.3.23.73.2 1.01-.07L13.65 3.65l.29 9.4a.8.8 0 00.8.76.79.79 0 00.77-.8L15.17 1.8a.82.82 0 00-.75-.76z\" fill=\"#2e3152\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>&nbsp;are&nbsp;already supported by the UK&rsquo;s low-carbon industries with the potential for many more&nbsp;to emerge&nbsp;(some replacing jobs in high-carbon industries, others additional).&nbsp;Of course,&nbsp;the&nbsp;issue of jobs is far&nbsp;more than&nbsp;a numbers game&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;the quality and location of jobs&nbsp;as well as the&nbsp;required&nbsp;skills&nbsp;all need consideration,&nbsp;and&nbsp;proactive planning for education and training will be a prerequisite to match growing low-carbon supply chains with the necessary skills.&nbsp;The ongoing&nbsp;<a class=\"link link--external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/inews.co.uk\/news\/green-homes-grant-homeowners-struggling-access-energy-efficiency-scheme-833395\" aria-describedby=\"link-description-new-window\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\">challenges&#65279;<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M14.42 1.04L3.2.7a.8.8 0 00-.8.76v.1a.8.8 0 00.76.7l9.39.3L.93 14.16c-.3.3-.3.8 0 1.1l.09.08c.3.23.73.2 1.01-.07L13.65 3.65l.29 9.4a.8.8 0 00.8.76.79.79 0 00.77-.8L15.17 1.8a.82.82 0 00-.75-.76z\" fill=\"#2e3152\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>&nbsp;of the Green Homes Grant illustrate just how crucial this is.&nbsp;At the moment&nbsp;the&nbsp;Government&nbsp;has no&nbsp;such plan in place;&nbsp;a UK-wide&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/news\/is-the-uk-doing-enough-to-prepare-for-the-last-days-of-coal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">energy workforce transition commission<\/a>&nbsp;should be on the table to navigate&nbsp;required changes.&nbsp;Ultimately, on the path to net-zero all jobs will need to become low-carbon&nbsp;jobs.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Leading with i<\/strong><strong>nnovation<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Treasury&nbsp;undertakes a thorough analysis of innovation&nbsp;in its interim review&nbsp;but&nbsp;emphasises&nbsp;the private over the public sector&nbsp;disproportionately.&nbsp;That&nbsp;risks&nbsp;missing out on the&nbsp;full&nbsp;economic opportunities that investment in innovation can unlock,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Delivering-strong-and-sustainable-growth-in-the-UK_A-special-decade-for-innovation-and-investment.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">which can include<\/a>&nbsp;additional GDP growth and&nbsp;increased participation in&nbsp;new and high-growth&nbsp;global markets.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given the current economic crisis, and evidence from previous downturns, there&nbsp;is a&nbsp;risk that&nbsp;private sector&nbsp;investment in innovation will suffer.&nbsp;Especially where innovation&nbsp;is&nbsp;explicitly&nbsp;aligned with net-zero,&nbsp;the Treasury&nbsp;could&nbsp;set the basis for&nbsp;greater&nbsp;R&amp;D support from&nbsp;government, for instance&nbsp;using&nbsp;targeted tax credits,&nbsp;direct&nbsp;public&nbsp;finance&nbsp;and&nbsp;incentives for&nbsp;further university&ndash;business collaboration.&nbsp;That should target innovation of technology as well as systems and business models.&nbsp;Greater&nbsp;and smarter&nbsp;government investment in net-zero-aligned innovation would&nbsp;also&nbsp;enhance&nbsp;the UK&rsquo;s international leadership credentials.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Final report needs to&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>point to a<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;strong<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>policy agenda<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The interim report&nbsp;of&nbsp;the Treasury&rsquo;s Net Zero Review&nbsp;is&nbsp;proof&nbsp;that delivering the transition to net-zero in a just way is taking centre stage in&nbsp;government thinking.&nbsp;But&nbsp;there are many&nbsp;more&nbsp;questions that need to be asked&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;if not answered&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;before&nbsp;the&nbsp;Review is finalised.&nbsp;There is growing understanding&nbsp;around&nbsp;the issues of a just transition to net-zero&nbsp;in policy and academic circles;&nbsp;how&nbsp;the&nbsp;Government&rsquo;s&nbsp;policy 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