The webinar whose recording is shown below was run by Coventry & Warwickshire Green Business Programme on 15 February 2023. It includes presentations by Bernie McCullag – Heating effiency and funding opportunities Download:Ian Hill – Lighting efficency Download:Mark Collins – … Continue reading →
Warwick District Council has launched a consultation seeking public views on the soundness and legality of its draft Net Zero Development Plan Document (DPD). The ground-breaking planning policy document has been developed as part of the Council’s ambitious Climate Emergency … Continue reading →
A report by McKinsey published in January 2022 estimates capital spending on physical assets for energy and land-use systems in the net-zero transition between 2021 and 2050 would amount to about $275 trillion, or $9.2 trillion per year on average, … Continue reading →
The Renewables in Cities 2021 Global Status Report shows that more than 1 billion people – about 25% of the urban population – live in a city with a renewable energy target and/or policy. But the citizens of Coventry are … Continue reading →
The UK “Net Zero Strategy: Build Back Greener” was published on 19 October 2021. It sets out how the UK will “deliver on its commitment to reach net zero emissions by 2050”. Download the strategy document here. Carbon Brief’s discussion … Continue reading →
Since the UK Government set it’s 2050 net-zero target into law, more and more businesses are attempting to get ahead of the political curve by strengthening carbon and energy strategies and pledging to become net-zero businesses well before the 2050 … Continue reading →
Analysis by Energy Systems Catapult published in May 2019 for the Committee on Climate Change explored what is means to cut carbon in UK households by 80%, >90% and 100% (Net Zero) compared to 1990 level, across six activities: heating, … Continue reading →
A report published today by Energy Systems Catapult has found Net Zero by 2050 is possible with support for innovation and scale-up across three essential areas – bioenergy with carbon capture & storage, hydrogen and advanced nuclear technologies. The Innovating to … Continue reading →
Professor Sir Ian Boyd, UK’s Chief Scientific Adviser at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), has warned that “persuasive political leadership” is needed to carry the public through the challenge of meeting the net zero emissions target. … Continue reading →
The following is based on articles on the Politico website and in the CarbonBrief weekly newsletter. Europe’s leaders met in Brussels on 20 June to discuss, among other things, whether to follow the UK’s recent move and collectively adopt a … Continue reading →