Finance

U.K.’s $904 Billion Climate Push to Bring Bigger Economic Boost

  • Impact assessment sees benefits from cleaning up pollution
  • Environment is at the heart of prime minister’s agenda

An all-electric auto service station forecourt in Braintree, U.K.

Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
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The U.K. estimated that delivering on its ambitious targets to slash greenhouse gas emissions by the middle of the century will cost 651 billion pounds ($904 billion), but the benefits of protecting the environment will be far greater.