Collaboration key to net zero

Working together is the only way communities, businesses and organisations in Yorkshire and Humber can make a successful transition to a low carbon future, says a leading climate scientist. Measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero will have an impact across society, from the way homes are heated to industrial processes, transport systems and the skills needed by workers in the new green economy. Professor Piers Forster, climate physicist at the University of Leeds and an author of several Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports, says the leaders of government and large organisations need to work together to make sure groups are not disadvantaged by the changes necessary to achieve the net-zero target. He said: "UK decarbonisation to date has not affected day-to-day life. The next phase really will. For instance, our homes, the way we travel and the food we eat will all need to change. "Everyone, every business and home will be affected.