Net Zero & Energy
Street mapping: paving the way for autonomous council vehicles
It’s no secret that local authorities across the country have had their spending power significantly reduced over the last few years. So now it is as important as ever that councils look at innovative new approaches to delivering services to our tax paying residents.
Oxford City Council is doing just that and we have teamed up with the University of Oxford’s Robotics Institute to trial the development of council vehicles that can produce live data on the state of the city. This trial is taking place with the long-term view of creating autonomous vehicles that will transform council services.
We have the policies and technology to make Britain zero carbon – so what are we waiting for?
A new report – Zero Carbon Britain: Making it Happen – sets out ‘a policy toolkit for fixing our climate’. It charts a wide range of positive policy opportunities for innovation, both for Britain’s economy and its people, explains Paul Allen
UK climate, energy and land-use policy must reflect the evidence base of our science. To stabilise our climate and stay below the global limit for temperature rise embodied in the UN Paris Agreement, we must rapidly move beyond fossil fuel based energy systems and eliminate our greenhouse gas emissions almost entirely by mid-century. There is, therefore, an urgent need to increase ambition on delivery.
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