The UK needs to "act now and act fast" to drive investment in green industries and future proof the economy, the International Trade Secretary said at a speech on Tyneside.
Kemi Badenoch was addressing delegates at the Green Trade and Investment Expo being held at the Sage Gateshead, where businesspeople gathered to hear her set out three key priorities for the Government in growing the country's green industrial base, marketing opportunities to global investors and growing exports. Ms Badenoch said the UK was quickly becoming the "green creativity capital of the world" as she singled out projects supported by the North East-based Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult.
She said: "If we get our strategy wrong, we risk being on left on the back foot as other countries seize the advantage. We need to act now, and act fast.
