The UK will need to reshape its economy to take advantage of the opportunities offered by low carbon travel, Business Minister Ian Lucas said during a speech at the Sustainability Summit in Berlin on 2 December 2009.
He outlined the key areas the UK Government is concentrating on in order to have a world leading capability in low carbon travel, including:
- educating consumers
- road and rail infrastructure
- low carbon vehicle infrastructure
- encouraging innovation
Mr Lucas said:
“The UK is keen to help lead the way in low carbon. We have an estimated 50,000 companies employing 880,000 people in the UK in the low carbon market. But to fully realise our potential in a sector already worth around £3 trillion worldwide we realised we needed to do more to reshape our economy and prepare for this low carbon revolution.”
Speech
Read the full speech here.
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