Nina Foster

With the UK general election just around the corner, our CEO, @StarkClimate, talks to @simonretallack and @_NinaFoster about the priorities for the next government and the future of the Carbon Trust. #NetZero #UKElection

I had the absolute pleasure of working with @ChiefExecCCC on @NetZeroUK and am now so excited that he will be joining @thecarbontrust as CEO from the Spring. Welcome, Chris!

I also got the chance to write for @NS_Spotlight's weekly sustainabilty newsletter, The Green Transition. In November, I featured with this exclusive which looked at Sir Patrick Vallance's seven lessons for net zero!⚡️🧪 (9/11) newstatesman.com/spotlight/sust…

@nataliejon_es Feel better soon! Your updates on COP have been incredibly valuable, so thank you for working so hard. Your health must come first though!

I know there have been some concerns about my health over the last two days. I pushed myself too hard over the last two weeks and was caught when I fell. I am flying back to New Zealand on the 15th to take some time to relax and recover.

As ‘unabated’ is in the spotlight at COP28, a little bit of history: In April 2009, the UK gov announced that it would not allow multiple new coal power plants to be built. This followed an extensive NGO campaign + advice from the new Committee on Climate Change. 1/

If we can scrub from the atmosphere all the carbon emitted by future fossil fuel consumption, plus all the carbon emitted after we almost certainly overshoot a 1.5 degree carbon budget, then yes, the @COP28_UAE President and my senior and very distinguished @UniofOxford @OxfordNetZero colleague Prof Myles Allen are right: no fossil fuel phase out is needed to achieve the aims of the Paris Agreement. BUT mere analysts of economic, financial and political systems (like me) tend to think that this is pie in the sky thinking and is nowhere near possible. Further, it is being used to justify continued avoidable fossil fuel use. The fossil fuel lobby often making these arguments have no actual plan to scrub carbon at such scales so quickly. It would be almost impossible to do so and would cost vast sums even if it were possible (much more than decarbonisation and without the co-benefits of cleaner, safer and more productive societies). And yes, we obviously do need to scale safe and permanent carbon disposal (part and parcel of net zero), but that is never going to happen at the scale needed to offset like for like currently avoidable fossil fuel emissions. The finite technoeconomic capacity we have to develop the means to scrub carbon needs to be focused on hard to abate emissions and then bringing us back to safe levels after we (probably) overshoot 1.5 degrees, not sustaining existing fossil fuel interests. amp.theguardian.com/environment/20…

@bencaldecott @COP28_UAE @UniofOxford Totally agree with this @bencaldecott. There is a danger in speaking about technological solutions in highly theoretical ways.… in fact it risks undermining faith in Net Zero as the overarching solution, which would be very damaging indeed

Useful side event on scaling renewables at #COP28 looking at how to actually deliver that major pledge from 118 countries on tripling renewables capacity. Opening remarks note that civil society might now need to turn to this, after (hopefully) securing fossil fuel phase out

Great to see the PPCA gaining ground at COP28 in Dubai. There is no room for new coal if we are to achieve Net Zero by 2050.

I'm looking forward to attending #COP28 with my amazing colleagues from @thecarbontrust to learn & share knowledge. I'll be at COP from 1-6 December, following the negotiations & engaging at side events. Let me know if you'd like to meet to talk about accelerating to Net Zero 💡

Nothing to see here, just the fourth month in a row of record-breaking temperatures. And 2023 set to be through hottest year on record on.ft.com/3MDnuZV

It’s certainly been an interesting few months for climate policy (whither the meat tax). But it doesn’t change our assessment that the UK is off course for the 2030s, and off track - therefore - for the path to Net Zero. We really urge government to stay the course. @theCCCuk

The UK can't be a leader on Net Zero without implementing policies to drive down emissions. Some of these do come at a cost, and consumers need support with those upfront costs. But abdicating responsibility just risks making the future more expensive for all.

This risks a repeat (or a continuation?) of the impacts of Cameron's decision to remove key climate policies on energy efficiency, which @CarbonBrief analysis shows households are still paying the price for. carbonbrief.org/analysis-cutti…

Shocking that the govt is considering walking back targets to decarbonise major sources of emissions in the UK: homes and cars. This kind of policy unpredictability is exactly what makes it challenging to drive down the costs of the Net Zero transition for consumers.

The role of hydrogen in Net Zero has been a topic of debate, especially here in the UK. 🖋️Read my words today in @BusinessGreen. I set out why clean hydrogen cannot be treated as a silver bullet & why a clear focus on electrification of home heating & cars is crucial.

🎙️ Great to see our experts talking about the work of the Carbon Trust and the action that businesses need to take in order to hit Net Zero targets. Listen to the podcast 👇 #Greenwashing #Greenhushing #NetZero

@RMCMcKee Thanks Rebecca - my colleague is going to go as I'm off on hol!

In this briefing, we address some of the hype around hydrogen by setting out the Carbon Trust's systems-led vision for an efficient, cost-effective role for clean hydrogen in achieving Net Zero. carbontrust.com/news-and-insig…

📢Our June edition of the Net Zero Round Up is out! This month we delve into the *ahem* hot topic of hydrogen for home heating (incl. full @thecarbontrust vision for H2), plus the latest major developments for policy, business and finance including on #GFANZ and @sciencetargets