Britain’s best innovators and researchers will be invited to pitch their ideas to help tackle the effects of climate change on towns, cities and the countryside as part of the Government’s Industrial Strategy.
Business and Energy Secretary Greg Clark recently announced four new research programmes to boost the UK’s resilience
to climate change, develop digital environments, promote clean air and investigate how to use the land to boost health outcomes.
A £60 million funding pot was unveiled in October during the first-ever Green GB Week — a Government-led initiative to encourage businesses, communities, funders and academics to renew their efforts to confront the global challenge of climate change.
Mr Clark said: “The UK is a world leader in tackling climate change, cutting our emissions by more than 40% since 1990, while growing our economy.
“When you combine Britain’s leadership, innovation and determination, it is an unbeatable combination — exactly what our Industrial Strategy and Green GB Week are supporting and encouraging.”
The programmes, administered by UKRI, will bring together a broad range of research disciplines — ranging from mathematics and biology to climate science and technology development— to tackle the issue.