Net Hero Podcast – With Sumit Bose

‘Uncertainty is the new normal in the energy sector.’  That’s the suggestion from Suleman Alli, Director of Strategy and Customer Service at UK Power Networks, who spoke to future Net Zero Founder Sumit Bose earlier this week  

The electricity network will need to be flexible enough to deliver choice for consumers in the future. That’s the view of Basil Scarsella, the CEO of UK Power Networks, who told Shravan Joshi from the City of London, the challenges of future power are not about one particular energy source.  

The potential ‘big wins’ possible when cutting emissions from the building sector lie with the  retrofitting of existing structures  rather than relying solely on more sustainable methods of construction. That’s the suggestion from Paul Sheffield, President of the Institution of Civil Engineers, who spoke to future Net Zero Founder Sumit Bose about the role of the organisation in helping green the...

We are going to be able to tackle the ever-growing threat of climate change but it’s not going to be easy. That was the suggestion from  Lord Deben, Chair of the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) , who spoke to future Net Zero Founder Sumit Bose earlier this month.  

City of London ‘is open for carbon-neutral, green business’. That’s the suggestion from Shravan Joshi, Elected Member of the City of London, who spoke to future Net Zero about both the local authority and the wider financial district’s net zero ambitions.

Business leaders will do extraordinary things to fundamentally change the way society operates, functions and  consumes products  on the path to net zero by 2050.  

World-leading politicians and businesses are talking about climate change the right way but aren’t taking real action. That’s the suggestion from Adam Woodhall, a representative of Extinction Rebellion UK, who spoke to future Net Zero from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Read more? Futurenetzero.com

The business community must embrace the net zero challenge or they won't survive. That's the conclusion of Professor Piers Forster, Director of the Priestley International Centre for Climate at Leeds University, one of of the members of the committe on climate change, which came up with the 2050 target.