BEIS to work with DCMS and DIT to develop a campaign by Q2 2023 to promote digital technologies, including AI, robotics, digital twins, and autonomous systems, as a solution to industry's energy efficiency needs in the short term and their role in wider decarbonisation for the long term. |
700. Manufacturing and heavy industry are also slow to adopt digital technologies, with 94% of UK manufacturers stating that there has been underinvestment from businesses in digitalisation. This has led to the UK falling behind the USA.509
701. Industry has voiced their concerns that the Government has yet to fully promote the opportunity from growth and decarbonisation from digital technologies for UK businesses.
"[We] feel that the UK government has not fully recognised just how essential digital tech is to net zero, so DCMS should have a champion for climate tech that can work with BEIS and DIT to drive it as a strategic sub sector, and really have a focus on how digital tech can drive decarbonisation." - TechUK510
702. Given the scale of the opportunity, and the prevailing view that this is not yet being grasped - it appears that this issue requires dedicated attention from government.
703. The Review recommends DCMS to work with BEIS and DIT to campaign to promote climate technologies as a solution to industry's energy efficiency needs in the short term and their role in wider decarbonisation for the long term.
704. This requires funding for a national campaign to target specific sectors which can benefit most from these technologies and should be ready by the summer of 2023.