Green technology and early adoption
Analysis
BBC
4.6 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 17 June 2019
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Climate change has shot up the current political agenda in part due to the Extinction Rebellion protests. An urgent question now facing UK policymakers is whether they should accelerate the adoption of cutting-edge green energy technology to curb the country's carbon emissions. But are there dangers of being an early adopter of new technology? What happens if it doesn't work or if it's outpaced by newer technologies which are cheaper and more efficient? The BBC's Business Editor, Simon Jack, investigates.
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| 0:04.6 | My name's Linda Davies and I commission podcast for BBC Sounds. |
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| 0:41.0 | Hello and thanks for listening to this edition of Analysis, the Pod... podcasts. Over the next half hour I'm going to look at how we as a country can hit the government's new target of eliminating carbon emissions by 2050. |
| 0:59.0 | Should we charge ahead when it comes to embracing new green technology or are their downsides to early adoption? |
| 1:07.0 | It's been described as the greatest emergency facing the human race for thousands of years. My name is Greta Ternbari. |
| 1:16.0 | I am 15 years old and I'm from Sweden. |
| 1:19.0 | I've learned that you are never too small to make a difference. |
| 1:23.0 | Is there climate change? |
| 1:27.0 | Will it go back like this? |
| 1:29.0 | I mean, will it change back? |
| 1:30.0 | Probably, that's what I think. |
| 1:32.0 | What do we want? |
| 1:33.0 | Climate justice! |
| 1:34.0 | What do we want you now? |
| 1:35.0 | There is an unprecedented level of international consensus |
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