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Technology to the rescue? Techno-scientific practices in the United Kingdom Net Zero Strategy and their role in locking in high energy decarbonisation pathways

February 15, 2024

A study co-authored by CSSN Scholar Sam D. Stephenson evaluates 15 UK Net Zero pathways, uncovering a common reliance on new clean energy and significant carbon dioxide removal technologies. The research contends that this reliance perpetuates an unjust fossil-fuelled development model, hindering consideration of alternative decarbonization pathways.

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