A green and pleasant landscape: Hunger for a low-carbon economy grows stronger by the minute

Green initiatives rise in popularity despite setbacks

The focus on a 'green agenda' has gained significant momentum in recent years.

Despite the current challenges we face the desire to move towards a more sustainable and low-carbon economic model has shown no signs of abating. If anything, the transition has been bolstered, and potentially accelerated, by the stimulus packages being proposed and deployed by governments, which have clear biases towards the development of sustainable projects. The direction of funding towards sustainable projects is clearly aligned with the move towards achieving 'net zero' (i.e. an environment where residual greenhouse gas emissions are completely offset by removals, through carbon...