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Carbon Connect produces regular news updates on developments within Parliament and across the low carbon and sustainability sector, as well as publishing a newsletter for its member organisations. To find out how to become a member, please do get in touch.

Funding the Low Carbon Heat Transition

25th June 2020

On 25th June 2020, Carbon Connect held an online roundtable to discuss funding challenges related to the low carbon heat transition. The session was part of a series of roundtable discussions held as follow-up events on the Uncomfortable Home Truths report. 

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COVID-19 and the Energy Sector

13th May 2020

On 13th May 2020, Carbon Connect held an online briefing with parliamentarians, independent experts, industry representatives and policy-makers. 

Please click here to read the detailed event write-up.

Key findings of the discussion include: 

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Running the Low Carbon Heat Transition

5th May 2020

On 5th May 2020, Carbon Connect held an online roundtable to discuss the governance challenges related to the low carbon heat transition. The session was part of a series of roundtable discussions held as follow-up events on the Uncomfortable Home Truths report. 

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Innovation, Technology and Low Carbon Heat Roundtable

10th March 2020

On Wednesday 10 March 2020, Carbon Connect ran a roundtable in Parliament entitled “Innovation, Technology and Low Carbon Heat”, as one of the series of roundtable discussions held as follow-up events on Policy Connect’s Future Gas Series reports. 

The discussion focused on the following questions: 

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Uncomfortable Home Truths Report Cover

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

15th October 2019

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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Ed Miliband MP, Ed Davey MP and Lord Barker of Battle at the Net Zero Conference

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

13th December 2018

Cross party group of parliamentarians call for urgent action on climate change by adapting the 2008 Climate Change Act so it is in line with the Paris Agreement, and pursuing simple, lower cost solutions like solar, onshore wind and increased rates of energy efficiency.

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Carbon Connect launches new inquiry: Future Gas Series Pt 3, Consumers and the Future of Heat

23rd November 2018

The third and final part of the Future Gas Series will examine downstream issues relating to the role of the consumer in decarbonising gas in the UK.

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Carbon Connect publishes new report setting out the options for producing low carbon gas

9th July 2018
'Producing Low Carbon Gas' identifies the need for further government action to take advantage of the opportunities offered by low carbon gas to cut carbon emissions and boost the economy. The cross party inquiry was co-chaired by James Heappey, Conservative MP for Wells; Alan Whitehead, Shadow Minister for Energy and Climate Change and MP for Southampton Test; and the Rt. Hon Alistair Carmichael, Liberal Democrat MP for Orkney and Shetland.
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Carbon Connect launch new inquiry - The Production of Low Carbon Gas

30th November 2017
Call for evidence released for new inquiry on the production of low carbon gas co-chaired by Alan Whitehead MP, James Heappey MP and Alistair Carmichael MP
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Think tank Policy Connect and forum Carbon Connect publish research setting out future options for heating homes and businesses

12th September 2017
A report published by think tank Policy Connect and forum Carbon Connect, in collaboration with a cross-party group of politicians and the energy sector, has set out the next steps for the gas grid, exploring its potential to deliver affordable, low carbon energy to UK consumers in the future.
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