Northern England was at the heart of the industrial revolution 250 years ago that transformed business, economics and society and helped Britain lead the world in engineering technology and expertise.
And now the North can again be at the forefront – this time of a green industrial revolution that will protect and create jobs, helping to restore communities and level-up the country, while advancing UK global leadership in vital new technologies that will be needed around the world to combat the climate crisis.
The boost to the economy from developing new green energy technologies in industrial heartlands in the Yorkshire and Humber region would be huge – and we can do it quickly.
Technologies such as negative emissions, carbon capture and hydrogen are ready to go. Deploying them now could create tens of thousands of jobs as early as 2024, delivering a real shot in the arm to communities struggling as a result of the Covid crisis.
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