April 2022
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This conference brought out latest thinking on priorities, next steps, and outstanding issues for achieving net-zero emissions in the UK.
The agenda examined progress, challenges and latest developments in key sectors, as well as the Government’s strategy and priorities for policy, regulation, research, and stakeholder action.
It was a timely opportunity to consider the issues in the context of the Energy Security Strategy, which is expected to set out a pathway to secure the UK’s energy supplies, whilst tackling rising costs - and is thought to emphasise offshore wind and nuclear energy.
Further discussion also focused on the latest scientific evidence, such as the IPCC’s latest report, Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, as well as intensifying debates around rising energy costs and security - including:
- the scope, direction, resourcing, and potential effectiveness and wider impact of policy
- international approaches and progress, and what can be learned for the UK
- opportunities for collaboration to support meaningful and long-term progress
- inequalities across the net-zero policy landscape, funding gaps and what can be done to achieve a just transition in the UK and globally
We were pleased to be able to include keynote contributions from: Sarah James, Co-Director, Net Zero Strategy, BEIS; Chris Stark, Chief Executive, Climate Change Committee; George Day, Head of Markets, Policy and Regulation, Energy Systems Catapult; David Baldock, Senior Fellow, Agriculture and Land Management, Institute for European Environmental Policy; and Advisor, Greener UK; Dr Jonathan Scurlock, Chief Advisor for Renewable Energy and Climate Change, NFU; and Nigel Topping, High-Level Climate Action Champion, UNFCCC.
With differing net-zero timeframes across sectors, those who attended examined the measures being adopted by key stakeholders and sectors to meet decarbonisation targets and foster a just transition - with contributions from Anthesis, British Steel, CBI, the Green Alliance, the National Grid, Natural England, Octopus Electric Vehicles, the University of Leeds, and Wates.
The conference was an opportunity for stakeholders to consider the issues alongside key policy officials who attended from Defra; BEIS; the CCC; the Cabinet Office; Cities & Local Growth Unit; the CMA; CCS; Defra; DAERA, NI; DIT; DLUHC; Department for the Economy, NI; DfT; Department of Finance, NI; GLD; HSE; HMRC; Isle of Man Government; NAO; NI Assembly; NIEA; NIRO; The Scottish Government; UK Export Finance; and the Welsh Government - as well as parliamentary pass-holders from the House of Lords.
