Tag Archives: Net Zero

As a specialist in whole life carbon management and ICE Trustee for carbon and climate, I am pleased to see the increased attention being given to decarbonisation by the Institution and the wider industry. At the start of the year, the ICE challenged the industry to make carbon management mainstream…

A General Election is due before late January 2025. The next British government will have to focus minds and accelerate net zero delivery through decisive leadership and bold decision making. In the recent Budget, chancellor Jeremy Hunt confirmed that the next Spending Review will take place after the election. This…

Earth’s climate is rising at a rate not seen in the past 10,000 years, according to NASA, and the United Nations states that the Earth is now 1.1°C warmer than it was in the 1800s. In the UK, the Met Office confirmed June 2023 as the hottest June on record.

The head of a House of Lords committee has warned that the government’s energy plans still risk energy security and net-zero ambitions because they lack investment in energy storage technology.

The UK had 13.9GW of offshore wind capacity in 2022 and 10GW of projects are under construction, but National Grid, the electricity system operator, estimates that over 100GW could be required to reach net zero by 2050. Installing more offshore wind turbines to meet this capacity is only part of…

The trade body for steel producers has warned that government reforms to energy pricing could hit plans to transition to green steel production.

Our industry is accustomed to working at scale. We deal with huge networks and facilities across countless sectors and specialisms that, despite often being made up of a million small things, add up to something gigantic.

Embodied carbon regulation is required to accelerate the decarbonisation of the built environment, says Institution of Structural Engineers head of climate action Will Arnold.

Two key ICE reports published since the start of the year have highlighted the importance of decarbonisation.

The UK has made notable progress on reducing carbon emissions over recent decades, decarbonising faster than any other G7 country between 1990 and 2021. But much of this has been done in the background, mainly through decarbonising energy generation. Going forward, a larger proportion of emissions reduction will depend on…