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How Scotch whisky producers are aiming to go carbon neutral

Season 2024 Episode 173 | 6m 32s

The UK became the first country to set a deadline to become a carbon-neutral economy with zero emissions of greenhouse gasses. Britain’s target is 2050. Scotland’s is even earlier, by 2045. Fred de Sam Lazaro looks at the effort of the industry responsible for Scotland’s best-known export.

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