Bashing government on net zero progress feels good but does it get us any closer to our targets?

By Alan Fogarty 2022-08-17T06:00:00

Private and public sector must move faster to decarbonise the built environment but important steps have been made

The High Court’s recent ruling that the UK government’s net zero strategy is ‘unlawful’ and ‘inadequate’ may seem like a win for climate campaigners, but is it? While it’s always good to make sure our leaders are held to account, I think this gives us an opportunity to review the progress made in our industry before criticising the net zero strategy thus far.

The reality is that the ambition to achieve net zero comes with a huge learning curve, and even those of us in the industry whose daily work is to engineer solutions to the challenge, don’t know all the answers just yet.

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