Implementation - getting to net zero

This final episode in the series brings together learnings from previous episodes about systems thinking, energy, transport and the built environment. It poses a question: how do we transform all these systems to reach net zero and deliver real improvements to wellbeing and prosperity? The episode explores the need to adapt to an already-changing climate while also eliminating greenhouse gas emissions. It also introduces key tools that help policymakers and engineers engage with communities to deliver whole-system sustainability transitions and identify the best opportunities for co-benefits. Featuring interviews with: - Professor Rebecca Willis – Professor of Energy and Climate Governance, Lancaster University - Regina Opondo – Senior Community Principal, Kounkuey Design Initiative (KDI) - Dr Elizabeth Sawin – Founder and Director of the Multisolving Institute Learn more about the topics and initiatives discussed in this video: - Deliberation: https://climatecitizens.org.uk/about-the-project/ - Multisolving: https://www.multisolving.org/ - Kibera Public Space Project: https://www.kounkuey.org/projects/kibera_public_space_project_network Explore the National Engineering Policy Centre’s work on system approaches to decarbonisation: raeng.org.uk/net-zero Discover more about this video series and watch other episodes at: raeng.org.uk/net-zero-videos - Reaching net zero by 2050 means we need new ways of working to transform and develop our high-carbon systems of infrastructure. These must engage people from local communities, government, industry and academia in an organised transition of the whole system. Moving to a net zero economy in this way not only helps avert disaster, but also brings real benefits to those involved. This series of five short films from the National Engineering Policy Centre explains why these new approaches are needed, what they are, and how they let us tackle such a complex and broad challenge. The five episodes interrogate in turn: what a systems approach to net zero is, how we can apply it to transforming our infrastructure systems of energy, transport and the built environment, and finally how we bring this understanding together to implement the transition to net zero. The goal to eliminate net emissions from human activities in less than three decades is necessarily ambitious. These videos are intended to be a guide for the people across the world who are responsible for delivering on these targets. Follow all the climate work at the Royal Academy of Engineering through the #EngineeringZero campaign: raeng.org.uk/engineering-zero