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Inventing our future Collective action for a sustainable economy

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Where are we now?<br />

Long-term trends and<br />

strategic challenges<br />

The region faces significant challenges<br />

in managing the environmental impacts<br />

of economic growth.<br />

How can we best harness the world-leading<br />

expertise in the region to gain economic<br />

advantage from <strong>action</strong> to mitigate and<br />

adapt to the effects of climate change?<br />

Scroby Sands at Great Yarmouth is one of the UK’s first commercial offshore wind<br />

farms. The £75 million project generates enough energy to supply over 30,000<br />

homes, saving the emission of 67,802 tonnes of carbon dioxide, nearly 600 tonnes<br />

of sulphur dioxide and nearly 200 tonnes of oxides of nitrogen each year.

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