What is a systems approach to net zero?

In our first episode we interrogate what 'net zero' requires, the risks of a disordered transition to sustainable societies, and introduce the fundamentals of systems thinking and how we can use it to manage and benefit from a transformation of our vital and interconnected networks of infrastructure. Featuring interviews with: - Dr Hayaatun Sillem CBE, Chief Executive of the Royal Academy of Engineering - Professor Nick Stern, Lord Stern of Brentford CH Kt FBA FRS, economist and Chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and Environment 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