COP26: Net Zero Places

COP26 will see world’s leaders gathering in Glasgow to accelerate their efforts to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement. As well as world leaders, representatives from cities, policy think-tanks, technology providers and investors will share knowledge and best practice across global and national networks. The UK has never held an international summit this large, which provides UK connected places innovators the opportunity to be seen as a global leader on Net Zero and champion for UK businesses. 

Achieving UK and global targets for net zero will be the defining challenge of the next three decades and a central driver of innovation and change across all sectors. Transport and the built environment sectors contribute the majority of UK emissions.

To accelerate the transition to Net Zero Places, Connected Places Catapult is working with innovators, industry, regulators, academics and place leaders to speed the development and deployment of carbon eliminating innovations in all the ways we travel, and the places we live and work.

In particular we are focussed on three areas of innovation:

Net Zero Transport Operations

Transport is responsible for 27% of the UK’s total emissions, potentially making net zero transport the biggest challenge of them all.

Financing Net Zero

The UK Cities Climate Investment Commission to leverages the combined scale of cities to mobilise finance and drive investment into low and net zero carbon projects across all of the UK’s largest cities.

Net Zero Neighbourhoods

Working on projects that leverage the original concepts from the Paris 15 minute neighbourhood we explore how these principles are being deployed in UK towns and cities to help drive the net zero agenda.

Featured Net Zero Reports

Find out more about our biggest and most impactful Net Zero reports.

Net Zero Events

You can find out about some of our biggest upcoming events. You’ll also be able to see some of our biggest past events which you can re-visit.

Net Zero News & Analysis

Here you can find some of our content all aspects of Net Zero, whether that be in the field of Active Travel and Mobility to Clean Maritime.

Net Zero Podcast

Here you can explore Net Zero places in the shape of our podcasts.

City Leaders Dialogue Series

Click here to visit our City Leaders Dialogue Series, exploring what individual cities have either done or starting on their Net Zero journey.