countries around the world, much bigger emitters than britain, britain s just i% of global emissions, other countries aren t making the effort? what is the point of britain making the investment? last year alone, china built more offshore wind capacity in one year in 2021 than the uk as a whole over a decade. we are in a position where we can actually get ahead, develop the technologies, develop the net zero dividend, not only for our citizens, but that we can then export across the world. it s a win win. but what people like nigel farage say is, look, there s no democratic mandate. the public haven t been asked if they want to make these investments in tackling climate change, have they? there absolutely is a public mandate on this. we ve seen it time and time again. climate change and environment is consistently in the top three concerns of the british public. going, legislating for net zero, going for net zero policies was on the front page of the conservative party manifesto in 201
aren t making the effort? what is the point of britain making the investment? last year alone, china built more offshore wind capacity in one year in 2021 than the uk as a whole over a decade. we are in a position where we can actually get ahead, develop the technologies, develop the net zero dividend, not only for our citizens, but that we can then export across the world. it s a win win. but what people like nigel farage say is, look, there s no democratic mandate. the public haven t been asked if they want to make these investments in tackling climate change, have they? there absolutely is a public mandate on this. we ve seen it time and time again. climate change and environment is consistently in the top three concerns of the british public. going, legislating for net zero, going for net zero policies was on the front page of the conservative party manifesto in 2019, which the public voted for. and we have, we ve polled the public. but hold on, labour and the lib dems
but that we can then export across the world. it s a win win. but what people like nigel farage say is, look, there s no democratic mandate. the public haven t been asked if they want to make these investments in tackling climate change, have they? there absolutely is a public mandate on this. we ve seen it time and time again. climate change and environment is consistently in the top three concerns of the british public. going, legislating for net zero, going for net zero policies was on the front page of the conservative party manifesto in 2019, which the public voted for. and we have, we ve polled the public. but hold on, labour and the lib dems all support net zero as well. there isn t a choice for the public. there was no one that they could vote for if they didn t support net zero. we ve polled the public and we ve seen that actually rather than wasting time on a referendum, by a factor of two to one, they just want to see the government to get on with delivering their manifesto
countries around the world, much bigger emitters than britain, britain s just i% of global emissions, other countries aren t making the effort? what is the point of britain making the investment? last year alone, china built more offshore wind capacity in one year in 2021 than the uk as a whole over a decade. we are in a position where we can actually get ahead, develop the technologies, develop the net zero dividend, not only for our citizens, but that we can then export across the world. it s a win win. but what people like nigel farage say is, look, there s no democratic mandate. the public haven t been asked if they want to make these investments in tackling climate change, have they? there absolutely is a public mandate on this. we ve seen it time and time again. climate change and environment is consistently in the top three concerns of the british public. going, legislating for net zero, going for net zero policies was on the front page of the conservative party manifesto
a cost to our economy, it s been estimates of around 7% of our gdp by the end of the century through climate impacts. you say it s worth the cost, worth investing in net zero but the truth is, what is the point if other countries around the world, much bigger emitters than britain, britain s just 1% of global emissions, other countries aren t making the effort? what is the point of britain making the investment? last year alone, china built more offshore wind capacity in one year in 2021 than the uk as a whole over a decade. we are in a position where we can actually get ahead, develop the technologies, develop the net zero dividend, not only for our citizens, but that we can then export across the world. it s a win win. but what people like nigel farage say is, look, there s no democratic mandate. the public haven t been asked if they want to make these investments in tackling climate change, have they? there absolutely is a public mandate on this.