Net zero strategy sets sights on slashing UK industry’s emissions by 2035

Carbon capture and storage (CCS), nuclear power, hydrogen and carbon removal technologies all play a key part in the government’s long-awaited net zero strategy – but important questions over the speed and funding of the transition remain.

The strategy – published just ahead of the Cop26 climate summit – places a greater emphasis on CCS, compared with previous plans to slash emissions, aiming to store 20 to 30 million tonnes a year by 2030. Some six million tonnes of the total will be captured from industry, rising to nine million tonnes by 2035.