Articulating the ‘green growth prize’ – The North East

Articulating the ‘green growth prize’ – The North East

This event, along with the companion event held in London, was a hopeful discussion about how the UK can compete to secure a winning position in the global energy transition, in the national interest. The North East and the wider UK are seen to be in a strong position, owing to the region's industrial heritage, engineering skills base, and land and natural resources, but there is pressure to deliver results quickly. There is an emerging view that the North East has much to offer the UK, and that the UK needs the North East to drive the green transition significantly. The discussions highlighted that the prize of industrial decarbonisation is the North East and the UK's to lose.