Getting Serious About Net Zero
BEIS, 1 Queen Victoria Street, London
Tuesday 24 September 2019

BIEE's London conference on September 24 debated the implications of Net Zero for UK energy policy and considered: "What we must do now".

2018's IPCC special report on global warming of 1.5°C has put the achievement of Net Zero emissions at centre stage for energy and climate policy around the world. How we can eliminate all (net) greenhouse gas emissions, and how quickly, is now the key focus, driving more intense efforts towards radical innovation, technologies and policies.

These issues are at the heart of the debate. Delegates heard from the Committee on Climate Change following its advice published on when and how the UK can reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and achieve Net Zero by 2050.

Keynote address
Julian Critchlow	DG Energy Transformation Group	BEIS
Beyond power: Decarbonising heat, transport and industry
Alex Kazaglis	Principal	Vivid Economics
Chris Stark	Chief Executive	Committee on Climate Change
Guy Newey	Strategy and Performance Director	Energy Systems Catapult
Jo Coleman	UK Energy Transition Manager	Shell
The Energy Transition: carbon policy levers
Michael Grubb	Professor of Energy and Climate Change	UCL ISR
Tim Lord	Director, Clean Growth	BEIS
Sara Vaughan	Policy and Regulatory Affairs Director	E.ON
Low Carbon Technologies & Innovation
Mark Taylor	Deputy Director of Innovation	BEIS
Nicola McChyene	Head of Ideas Labs	Centrica Innovation
Neil Morris	CEO	The Faraday Institution
Fiona Howarth	CEO	Octopus Electric Vehicles
Panel Debate: UK Industrial Policy
Mallika Ishwaran	Senior Economist and Policy Advisor	Shell
Andrea Griffin	Sustainable Finance	HSBC
Rain Newton-Smith	Chief Economist	CBI
Sonia Van Ballaert	Global Client Director	IBM
Will Webster	Energy Policy Manager	Oil and Gas UK
Charlie Wilson	Reader in Energy and Climate	UEA

 

 

Action

For those who are concerned to hear what actions can be taken now, see: Getting Serious about Net Zero now.