Race to Zero – Lessons learned and best practice from Pledge to Net Zero participants
This webinar looked at present practical climate actions – relevant to all - from year 1 of our industry’s Pledge to Net Zero (PTNZ) programme.
Launched in 2019 to convene fast climate action in the UK’s environmental sector, PTNZ requires signatories to commit to deliver a greenhouse gas target in line with either a 1.5°C climate change scenario, or well below 2°C. So far, 84 firms and Institutions have joined up, covering around 80% of the UK environmental consulting market.
In this session we heard presentations from WSP, IEMA and a selection of leading scheme participants, sharing their most impactful actions to cut carbon which can be applied across all sectors.
We also provided an update on the UN’s Race To Zero programme. This is the UN’s main campaign ahead of COP26 and Pledge To Net Zero has now been formally accepted as a partner to this high profile programme.
NEWS - Pledge To Net Zero, has formally joined the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s (UNFCCC) Race to Zero campaign. PTNZ participants committed to a 1.5°C trajectory can therefore now also be part of this broader UNFCCC campaign in the build up to COP26. A coalition representing 23 regions, 454 cities, 1,397 companies, 569 universities, and 74 investors, alone making up over 12% of the global economy.
Pledge to Net Zero - Creating the business case for fast climate action
Hosted during week 2 of COP26, this panel discussion focused on how to build a business case around taking action on climate change.
The Low Carbon Construction event hosted by the Yorkshire and Humberside regional network, looked into how building back better presents an opportunity to do things differently. In particular, it provides an opportunity to address some of the challenges presented by the decarbonisation agenda.
This webinar provided a unique first-hand briefing on this important development in the build up to COP26 and outlined progress and proposals developing through the Taskforce, along with practice informed perspectives on the potential of carbon markets both globally and for organisations.
In this webinar, we learned about the outcomes of this review, considerations identified across carbon offset and ‘compensation’ solutions, and implications of the findings for those developing their carbon offsetting programmes. The webinar focused on the context of the Environment Agency.
Now that it's been almost two years since the flurry of climate emergency declarations were made by multiple organisations across our region and as COP26 approaches, we took a look at the challenges and the opportunities that have been encountered by public sector organisations in leading climate emergency response at local level.
In this webinar, Thomas Hale from University of Oxford outlined the Oxford Principles for Net Zero Aligned Carbon Offsetting.
Our Midlands Race to Zero webinar featured speakers discussing the topic of net zero and answer questions about this very current and challenging agenda.
The second day of online delivery of Scotland’s EIA Conference saw three experienced presenters discuss their views on EIA’s progress in different aspects of climate change and nature enhancement goals.
