Green start-ups ‘solving net zero challenge’, says Sunak during Bill Gates visit
Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Rishi Sunak said green technology innovators he and Bill Gates had met in central London were “solving the challenges of net zero”. Mr Sunak said the investment would go towards meeting the UK’s target of reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, as well as creating employment. It is fantastic to see these researchers, scientists, business people solving the challenges of net zero, and creating jobs in the process Prime Minister Rishi Sunak “Also welcome today is the announcement of billions of pounds of extra private funding for our best clean-tech companies. “It’s great to see clean-tech businesses, innovators, and policy makers coming together to advance UK climate leadership.” Professor Hugh Brady, president of Imperial College, said: “Achieving net zero will require an enormous step-change in our economy, industry and civic systems.
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