Explainers
Carbon Brief article: how net-zero delivers value to the UK
This article from Carbon Brief, written 30 July 2024, covers new net zero transition research which calculates that meeting sectoral climate targets out to 2037 could result in at least £164bn worth of benefits in six UK urban centres, from Belfast to Manchester.
GARP: Urban Resilience Podcast
This GARP podcast episode with Emma Howard Boyd CBE, Chair of the London Climate Resilience Review, tackles Urban Resilience and how our cities must adapt to climate change.
Read: Accelerating the UK's Energy Transition
Read the summary from the Chapter Zero and Deloitte Academy webinar, which draws on insights from the Deloitte Academy's recent survey of UK energy and infrastructure companies. We delve into strategies to expedite the UK's energy transition and consider the key elements of this transformation, including the interplay between infrastructure companies, energy-intensive consumers, investors, policymakers, customers, and the supply chain.
What is net zero?
If you follow sustainability and climate topics, you’ve probably heard the term net zero thrown around. Still puzzled? McKinsey & Company looks at net zero.
Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change
This summary highlights the main points in the April 2022 IPCC Working Group III report, and what it means for non-executive directors.
Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s February 2022 report concludes that the impacts of climate change are severe, but that humanity can still avoid many of them if it seizes “a brief and rapidly closing window of opportunity”. This summary highlights the main points in the report, and what it means for non-executive directors.
Climate Change 2021 – The Physical Science Basis
The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s August 2021 report shows that human activity is unequivocally driving changes to the climate at an unprecedented scale. The science indicates there is still time to limit temperature rises, but only if we act now, and with ambition.