Don't forget that
UK FIRES - Locating Resource Efficiency at the heart of Future Industrial Strategy (whoever came up with that platitudinous title), are saying the UK Government is committed to achieving Absolute Zero Carbon by 2050:
We have to cut our greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050: that’s what climate scientists tell us, it’s what social protesters are asking for and it’s now the law in the UK. But we aren’t on track. For twenty years we’ve been trying to solve the problem with new or breakthrough technologies that supply energy and allow industry to keep growing, so we don’t have to change our lifestyles. But although some exciting new technology options are being developed, it will take a long time to deploy them, and they won’t be operating at scale within thirty years.
and:
We are legally committed to reducing the UK’s emissions to zero by 2050, and there isn’t time to do this by deploying technologies that don’t yet operate at scale. We need a public discussion about the changes required and how to convert them into a great Industrial Strategy.
and finally:
So, although we haven’t changed our name to UK FIZES, our focus is now on placing Zero Emissions at the heart of the UK’s Future Industrial Strategy.
The reality is a commitment to Net Zero Carbon emissions. I don't care how many brains from however many respected institutions have contributed to this, if they can't get the basic premise of the current legislation right and work toward achieving it then they are simply pandering to the likes of Extinction Rebellion and their ilk.
Unfortunately, given the lauded establishments who are supporting this drive, I can see a UK Government supporting it in the future without understanding the potential implications for the UK economy and hamstringing UK industry while China laughs all the way to the bank.