Carbon Connect

MPs call for green heat roadmap by 2020 & olympic-style delivery body to tackle UK's 27M ‘uncomfortable home truths’

A new report backed by MPs and launched by Minister for Climate Change Lord Duncan today calls for an urgent Green Heat Roadmap by 2020 to scale low carbon heating technologies and help Britain’s homeowners access the advice they need to take smarter greener choices on heating their homes.  The year-long study by UK think-tank Policy Connect warns that the UK will miss its 2050 net-zero climate target “unless radical changes in housing policy, energy policy and climate policy are prioritised”.

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Cross party group of parliamentarians call for urgent action on climate change

Carbon Connect and the Sustainability team at Policy Connect hosted the Christmas reception 'Net Zero Britain' on 5th of December. It was set up to allow a cross party group of parliamentarians to discuss the opportunities and challenges associated with reaching net zero emissions in the UK.

Parliament Celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Climate Change Act

On 26th November 2018 Policy Connect helped to host an event with the All-Party Parliamentary Climate Change Group, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) and Energy UK in Parliament to mark the tenth anniversary of the Climate Change Act. The event highlighted how much more there is do if we are to meet our climate change targets and keep global temperature rise below 1.5°C.

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