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Batteries Not Included: Challenges and Opportunities for Electric Vehicles and Decarbonisation in the United Kingdom

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By Richard Hughes on September 14, 2021
Posted in Air, carbon emissions, Clean energy, Climate Change, E2 Europe, Energy, Environment, Environmental Social and Governance (ESG), EU, Featured, Greenhouse Gas, GT Alert, Transportation, UK, United Kingdom

Never has there been such global consensus on the requirement to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. There is rarely a single day without media reports of the current climate consequences being experienced due to global warming. To eliminate the UK’s contribution to global warming, the UK has set an extremely ambitious target of achieving net zero by 2050.

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Tags: carbon emissions, carbon neutral, decarbonisation, electric vehicles, Environmental Social and Governance (ESG), ESG, greenhouse gas, GT Insight, UK
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Richard is a transportation attorney with a focus on the rail sector.  He has built a strong reputation in the rail industry based on advising financiers, franchise owning groups and government on issues of rolling stock procurement and financing, rail franchising, and third-party…

Richard is a transportation attorney with a focus on the rail sector.  He has built a strong reputation in the rail industry based on advising financiers, franchise owning groups and government on issues of rolling stock procurement and financing, rail franchising, and third-party investment in rail infrastructure.  Richard has advised on several of the most innovative rail finance deals on the international market.

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