Just as Christmas trees are being put up, mistletoe hung and brussels sprouts stacked in supermarket aisles, the UK government has been decking the halls of Westminster with a raft of green policies. From the Ten Point Plan, to the ramped-up climate change targets to meet our commitments under the Paris agreement, a green recovery is beginning to materialise.

For those of us that care deeply about the planet our children will inherit, and recognise the economic opportunity that a green transition will bring, this is a gratifying shift in both rhetoric and policy.

…