Trade secretary Kemi Badenoch, who has previously criticised net-zero policies, called investment in green energy “the future-proofing force that will help us create a better tomorrow” at a government eco trade and investment expo.
“Now is the time to future-proof our economy by investing in cutting-edge green technology, protecting our long-term energy security and creating thousands of jobs in industries of the future,” said Badenoch at the Green Trade and Investment Expo in Gateshead, northern England, on Tuesday.
Badenoch has previously flirted with abandoning net-zero targets, likening them to “unilateral economic disarmament.”
“Too many policies like net-zero targets set up with no thought to the effects on industries in the poorer parts of this country. And the consequence is simply to displace the emissions of other countries. Unilateral economic disarmament,” she wrote in a piece for The Spectator during her run to become the Conservative Party leader and prime minister in July….