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Local Leaders and mayors call for power shift to meet net zero

Envirotec Magazine

Call for powers and resources to shape local energy markets, decarbonise transport, and tackle emissions from homes and offices. Local and regional leaders appeared at a public event in Birmingham on 13 July to make the case to Government for additional powers to tackle climate change. Addressing energy market failure.

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White vans go green: Half a million builders and plumbers needed to reach Net Zero

Envirotec Magazine

The finance should be predominantly met from the private sector with the Treasury pump-priming £5bn via a Net Zero Development Bank.[1]. The UK Green Building Council has estimated that to achieve Net Zero carbon by 2050, we will need to improve almost all of the UK’s 29 million homes, meaning we need to retrofit more than 1.8