The shift to low carbon in the UK, and around the world is now largely inevitable

Tackling climate change doesn’t just make moral sense, it makes economic sense too. The shift to low carbon in the UK, and around the world is now largely inevitable. What is not inevitable is that Britain benefits industrially from the transition. We want to mobilise every bit of expertise and ingenuity that Britain has to offer.
- Rt Hon Ed Milliband MP, Secretary of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change (March 2009)