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This conference will examine priorities for implementation of the UK’s Seventh Carbon Budget and what will be required to maintain progress towards net zero by 2050. Planned areas for discussion include development of the Government’s statutory delivery plan for CB7 and delivery against existing carbon budgets in the interim, governance and accountability, investment and industrial competitiveness, and delivery across energy, buildings, transport, industry, agriculture and land use.
It will bring stakeholders and policymakers together to assess how the budget can be translated into coordinated sector pathways, drawing on the Climate Change Committee’s advice and 2026 progress report, the findings of the Environmental Audit Committee and the Government’s response. Delegates will consider how responsibilities should be shared, how progress can be assessed and what arrangements might support an effective response as circumstances and delivery assumptions change.
Discussion will also examine whether policy, finance, workforce planning and supply-chain capacity are sufficiently aligned to support sustained investment through the current budget period and the 2030 Nationally Determined Contribution, through the 2035 Nationally Determined Contribution, and across the Fifth and Sixth Carbon Budget to CB7.
The planned agenda will examine practicalities of accelerating electrification while maintaining affordability, energy security and industrial competitiveness. Delegates will consider approaches to implementing the Warm Homes Plan, industrial decarbonisation and the transition in transport, alongside the development of networks, connections and other enabling infrastructure. Sessions will examine approaches to reconciling competing demands on land for food production, development, energy infrastructure and nature recovery, together with the appropriate contribution of greenhouse gas removals. The allocation of limited resources, the standards and safeguards required, and contingencies where enabling technologies or infrastructure do not develop at the anticipated pace will be considered.
Further discussion will explore how policy, markets, infrastructure and engagement can enable households and businesses to adopt lower-carbon technologies and practices. Delegates will consider what local delivery requires in practice, including the capacity of local authorities and the alignment of national programmes with local capability. The agenda will also place domestic implementation in its international context, examining what the UK’s international position now requires of domestic delivery.
Overall, areas for discussion include:
- governance, accountability & investment:
- sector pathways - interim milestones - responsibilities across government, devolved administrations, regulators and local authorities - common indicators - reporting and scrutiny
- investable project pipelines - public and private finance - allocation of risk - workforce transition and supply-chain capacity - trigger points and contingency measures
- electricity, buildings & industry:
- grid investment and connections - storage and flexibility - electricity pricing - coordination of demand from homes, transport, industry and data centres
- Warm Homes Plan delivery - accessible and high-quality retrofit - industrial electrification - targeted use of hydrogen and carbon capture
- transport, aviation & shipping:
- electric-vehicle uptake and charging - public transport and active travel - freight efficiency - alignment of transport and development planning
- road and airport infrastructure - sustainable aviation and maritime fuels - port infrastructure and shore power - implications of including international aviation and shipping in carbon budgets - treatment of residual emissions
- land use, agriculture & removals:
- food production - housing and infrastructure - energy generation - woodland, peatland and nature recovery - climate adaptation
- lower-emission farming - priorities for limited biomass - the role of greenhouse gas removals - integration of engineered removals into the UK ETS - standards, markets and deployment contingencies
- household choices, fairness & local delivery:
- affordability - consumer protection - access to infrastructure and finance - trusted information and advice
- distribution of costs and benefits - local authority capacity - public participation and confidence - benefits for health, homes, energy security, nature and local economies
- international delivery, trade & climate finance:
- COP31 - the UK’s 2035 Nationally Determined Contribution - implementation of the International Climate Finance Strategy 2026
- carbon pricing and industrial policy - UK CBAM from January 2027 - international trade and carbon leakage - UK ETS scope and UK-EU linkage - carbon markets - imported and consumption emissions
