A lasting legacy

摘要

Will net zero provide the legacy that Theresa May desires? Our policy columnist poses the question. I am sure that by the time of reading this article, Theresa May's successor will be well on the way to being confirmed as the Conservative Party leader. This will start an extremely difficult job to solve the Brexit conundrum. However, at the time of writing, the current prime minister is in desperate search of a legacy and she appears to have had a late conversion to the green agenda. In one of the final acts of her premiership she recently announced that the UK will adopt a net-zero target for greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.