Proposals for heat network zoning

These proposals envisage central and local government working together with industry and local stakeholders to identify and designate areas within which heat networks are the lowest cost, low carbon solution for decarbonising heating. This consultation is government’s first in what is intended to be a multi-year project developing the necessary legislation and processes for zoning. … Read more

Forests – new EU strategy

Under the European Green Deal, the Commission announced a new EU forest strategy that will build on its biodiversity strategy, cover the whole forest cycle and promote the many services forests provide. The strategy aims to ensure healthy & resilient forests that contribute to biodiversity, climate goals & secure livelihoods, and that support a circular … Read more