1017. This Review is looking beyond the urgent questions of today - to the opportunities for success in the future. The national strengths and challenges set out elsewhere in the report are often the result of success or failure over many years. Single policy decisions by themselves rarely achieve transformational results - good or bad. Responses to the Review have been strikingly consistent in setting out the importance of long-term, consistent thinking in achieving success. This seems particularly true of net zero, which focuses on a target almost 30 years in the future. We must take a long-term approach and lay the groundwork for success over many decades. This must account for the interim milestones that need be met to deliver us to 2050 (for example, meeting our Sixth Carbon Budget and our Nationally Determined Contribution aims for 2030).
1018. The future is inherently uncertain - but we know some things will matter greatly. We know that new technology and new business models will be vital for our progress up to 2050 and for what the world looks like afterwards. The UK is well-placed to drive innovation here - capturing growth opportunities and leading global collaboration. We know that the economy requires a fundamental change in its incentive structure to move us away from burning fossil fuels that are cheap in the moment but create devastating and expensive harm in the future. The UK can continue to drive reform here, supporting companies to invest in offsetting their emissions and building a global market that reflects the true price of carbon. Finally, we know that net zero relies on global collaboration. Following the UK's COP presidency, now is the time to ask ourselves what our long-term strategy is for working with the rest of the world to respond to climate change.