Net zero 'economic opportunity of the century', says Labour's climate minister

Climate minister Katie White has told The Yorkshire Post Climate Change Summit that net zero is 'the economic opportunity of the 21st century'

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00:00It is the economic opportunity of the 21st century.

00:05The UK's net zero economy is growing at three times the rate of the rest of the economy.

00:10I'm just going to say that again because it's one of my favourite facts.

00:12It's growing at three times the rate of the rest of the economy and supporting the jobs of the future.

00:17Good, skilled, unionised jobs.

00:19Local jobs where you don't have to choose between your career, your family and your community.

00:23Not just in the South East but also across the country as we embark on this new industrial revolution.