It's been two years since Hull City Council, the University of Hull, Reckitt and Future Humber launched the Oh Yes! Net Zero movement at the Reckitt Science and Innovation Centre.
With vocal backing from The Rt Hon Alok Sharma, President of COP26, and the support and enthusiasm of business leaders, scientists, universities, political and community leaders, schools and residents of all ages, Oh Yes! Net Zero capitalises on Hull’s history of innovation and the enthusiasm of its people to decarbonise our region, with the aim of achieving Net Zero by 2050.
Turning up the heat on decarbonisation
Foreword by David Shukman
Hottest year, hottest decade, ocean temperatures flying off the scale – there are lots of climate developments to be gloomy about, but there’s plenty of positive news too. We’re witnessing an extraordinary shift: from it being unusual for cities, businesses and public sector organisations to have carbon reduction plans, to being unusual for them not to. The number of communities and companies joining this worldwide movement is growing fast. Find out why local action is more important than ever.
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Our Impact
Measuring cities’ decarbonisation efforts – David Shukman Investigates
A new science has developed to measure cities’ carbon emissions, and different systems have evolved worldwide. In the UK, we have a territorial approach, calculating the greenhouse gases released within a local area. But what happens when people buy products made outside their city? Or outside the UK? Should we also measure consumption emissions?
Read more and downloadReturn on 16 May when the full Oh Yes! Net Zero year 2 report will be published.