Current± Predicts: The energy transition in 2021, part four
Taking action on the Ten Point Plan for the Green Industrial Revolution Boris Johnson pledged to plant 30,000 hectares of trees a year in the UK by 2025, as part of his Ten Point Plan for the Green Industrial Revolution. However, this commitment was already promised in the Conservative Manifesto and the last time the UK planted 30,000 hectares in one year was 1989. Next year, we believe that the UK will be unlikely to meet its tree planting targets unless it’s enshrined in law. A legally binding target for tree planting is the only way of catalysing real action. It will also bring many ben...