Energy Efficiency – the start of the Net Zero journey
By Mervyn Pilley, Executive Director, ESTA > At a time when every business and organisation is being encouraged to meet Net Zero targets, we believe that one solution that is…
Poverty and inequality are climate issues
By Zion Lights – Author, Pro-Science Climate Activist and Net Zero Week Advocate… I’ve spent over a decade campaigning for climate action, and for many years I’ve worked as an…
Could the future of energy be local?
Rob Saunders of UK Research and Investment (UKRI) looks at the potential of smart local energy systems and progress in their development. As the world debates how to reach net…
A UK Nuclear solution for Net Zero
By Richard Deakin, Low Cost Nuclear Challenge at UKRI – Born the son of a coal miner in South Yorkshire in the 60’s, I grew up in a region then…
Energy and Life with NetZero: Lessons from Covid-19
Wade Allison, Emeritus Professor of Physics and Fellow of Keble College, Oxford, believes…Like Climate Change the coronavirus has threatened all nations. We have learnt how global answers need to be…
A watershed moment to deliver Net Zero
David Smith, CEO, Energy Networks Association, believes…This year has the potential to be a watershed moment for delivering climate action. Before COP26 in November we look forward to Net Zero…
It’s all about the methane – and biogas is the key solution
Jon Hughes, Head of Communications, World Biogas Association, believes…A succession of recent studies – the latest a joint publication by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Climate and Clean…
Making it real; turning from targets to tangible action in transport decarbonisation
Neil Wallis of Zemo Partnership, believes…The UK Government upped the ante again with the commitment, now enshrined in law, to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 78% by 2035. Achieving this…
Building better saves carbon now and in the future
Chris Coonick is an Innovation Lead at Innovate UK, part of UKRI, and believes…Moving towards net-zero will mean step-changes in the way we construct, maintain and power our buildings. To…
