Global eyes on county's low carbon cluster

A thought from COP27: what role can a global climate summit have in supporting Lancashire’s economy? A really serious one.

Our ten days at COP27 in Sharm el Sheikh proved to be both fascinating but also beneficial for our Lancashire low carbon sector.

Speaking to global businesses, funders of green technology, UK ministers and even the World Trade Organisation, they all have one thing in common: they are interested in the technologies we are developing here in Lancashire, the way we support their accelerated development and our ideas for getting them to the world’s emerging economies.

Lancashire’s low carbon innovation agency, RedCAT, led by East Lancashire Chamber will soon be welcoming the British Business Bank’s managing director for sustainability, Julia Groves, keen to introduce funders to our Lancashire innovators.

The planning starts now for COP28 for RedCAT to take Lancashire’s low carbon tech developers not only to the UAE next autumn for the next round of COP, but to Copenhagen next spring to the UN Procurement Seminar.

And the appeal of Lancashire’s burgeoning low carbon cluster and specialist suite of sector support provided by RedCAT, the Chamber and partners, is attracting inward investment from across the north, with low carbon tech manufacturers now planning to set up their new operations right here in Pennine Lancashire.

Watch this space!