#net-zero-2050
#net-zero-2050

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With most MPs ignorant of the urgency, how can the UK ever reach net zero?

A 2022 IPCC consensus requires CO2 emissions to peak by 2025 for a realistic chance to keep warming below 1.5C.

fromwww.independent.co.uk

Engineers urged to sign up to heat pump giveaway' for their homes

A UK programme funds home heat pumps and training for engineers to accelerate adoption and support meeting the country's 2050 net-zero heating targets.

fromwww.theguardian.com

2 weeks ago

What are the critical environmental decisions piling up in Labour's inbox?

It now falls to Labour to set out a viable blueprint to meet the targets, so the carbon budget and growth delivery plan will encompass all aspects of net zero, including transport, housing, industry, food and farming. The plan is unlikely to have many sweeping new policies but it will have to show in detail how existing policies will work, and touch on politically sensitive issues such as how people may have to change their behaviour to reduce emissions.

Environment

fromwww.theguardian.com

2 weeks ago

BP predicts higher oil and gas demand, suggesting world will not hit 2050 net zero target

BP forecasts higher oil and gas demand through 2050, indicating current pathways are unlikely to meet net zero by 2050 while oil remains the dominant energy source.

Environment

fromwww.bbc.com

3 weeks ago

Ministers yet to seek climate advice on Heathrow expansion

The Climate Change Committee has not been asked to assess how Heathrow expansion would affect the UK's legally binding net-zero-by-2050 emissions target.