How should countries pay for net zero?

Institute for Government

Speakers: Professor Sir Dieter Helm, Professor of Economic Policy at the University of Oxford and former independent chair of the Natural Capital Committee Paul Johnson, Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies and member of the Committee on Climate Change Rain Newton-Smith, Chief Economist at CBI Chaired by Dr Gemma Tetlow, Chief Economist at the Institute for Government. This event was part of the Institute for Government's international one-day virtual conference looking at the route to net zero ahead of COP26, the United Nations climate change summit that the UK will host in Glasgow in November. With many countries having adopted targets, the conference explored the challenges they will face in delivering them identified in the Institute's recent report on net zero, which you can find on our website: https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publications/net-zero Find out more about our IfG Delivering Net Zero conference: https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/events/delivering-net-zero