UK govt has finally published details of its heat & buildings strategy, which will be out in full tomorrow
🎯new gas boiler ban* from 2035
💷£3.9bn funding inc £450m for heat pumps
📜shift levies off electricity bills over 10yrs
🔥decision on hydrogen heat in 2026
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First, why does this matter?
The UK's way off track against its legally-binding climate goals, inc net-zero by 2050 & the interim carbon budgets for late 2020s onwards
We can expect more on how govt expects to close gap tomorrow (?) w publication of delayed UK net-zero strategy
But heat and buildings probably the trickiest area in political terms: it's up close & personal, it could be disruptive – low-carbon heat's currently expensive
"We would like to thank Dervilla Mitchell (Director of Arup) and Paul Stein (Chief Technology Officer, Rolls-Royce plc) for leading the briefing sessions and development of this advice."
On net-zero, the @OBR_UK chapter is a really detailed and nuanced look at the costs, benefits and risks of (not) acting on climate change, over 69 dense pages