A new Heat Commission established by the CBI and University of Birmingham has published a series of recommendations aimed at decarbonising heat as part of a strategy to achieve the UK’s climate commitments on net-zero.
On 22 July the CBI, in collaboration with the University of Birmingham, published a report on decarbonisation of heat. The report outlines the colossal challenge of decarbonising heat in the UK, what the challenge means for businesses, consumers and communities.
Heat accounts for over a third of UK carbon emissions and is the most difficult challenge we face en-route to net-zero by 2050. Heat is generated locally in homes and businesses, meaning that any transition requires over 20 million individual interventions that will need to be coordinated nationally, regionally and locally. This stands in contrast to recent success in decarbonising the power sector, which has relied on comparatively little consumer and business action. The CBI and University of Birmingham created a joint heat policy commission with industry leaders to discuss the potential solutions to this challenge.
The report provides thirteen recommendations that will help address this challenge. These recommendations include p
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