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With the government enshrining in law the commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050, the report highlights some key policy priorities for the next government to meet this target. It includes contributions from each of our seven new research themes, which will be our focus for the next five years – including heat, industry, transport, local energy and the implications of global changes (including our changing relationship with the EU).

We launched our Review of Energy Policy 2019 on December 9th at Senate House in London. Watch the video of the event below.

The report launch is comprised of a presentation of the key recommendations, followed by a panel discussion. Below are the time stamps for each topic and speaker.

Agenda and timings (click on the links below to bring you to the corresponding presentation point)

• Introduction and briefing overview, Professor Jim Watson, UKERC Director, UCL09
• Transport, Prof Jillian Anable, UKERC Co-Director, University of Leeds
• Industry, Prof Peter Taylor, UKERC Co-Director, University of Leeds
• Panel discussion
  • Rebecca Newsom, Head of Politics, Greenpeace
  • Tanisha Beebee , Senior policy Advisor, CBI
  • Polly Billington, Director, UK100 
  • Josh Burke, Policy Fellow,  LSE Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and Environment

Access the policy briefing here