The Prime Minister describes the UK’s international leadership on climate change as ‘game-changing’, pointing to a 44% reduction in UK emissions on 1990 levels.
This report examines local authorities’ views on the aim of the Government’s Bus Back Better strategy to support local authorities to improve and increase bus services and zero emission buses (ZEB), as well as the structural and institutional barriers that prevent them from taking further action.
Both the Climate Change Committee and the National Audit Office have highlighted the fundamental role of local authorities in delivering on the UK Government’s ambitions to be Net Zero by 2050. To do so, local authorities need more powers to act.
Our report Accelerating the Rate of Investment in Local Energy Projects, published in July 2020, explained the role that local authorities can play in helping to deliver the investment in local energy projects needed to achieve the transition to Net Zero.
Both the Climate Change Committee and the National Audit Office have highlighted the fundamental role of local authorities in delivering on the UK Government’s ambitions to be Net Zero by 2050. To do so, local authorities need more powers to act.
The International Net Zero Local Leadership Conference is a key milestone for UK locally-elected leaders ahead of COP26, highlighting some of the priorities in delivering climate change action in our race to Net Zero.
