The government has relaunched the Net Zero Council.
In its response to the Climate Change Committee’s latest progress report, published in December, the government says that the council will be part of efforts to support businesses to decarbonise.
Co-operative Group CEO Shirine Khoury-Haq, who co-chaired the council following its establishment under the previous, Conservative, government, will continue to lead the relaunched group, alongside Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for energy security and net zero.
For the first time, the council will have representatives from civil society and local government, as well as business.
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero says the council will be the ‘primary stakeholder forum’ supporting the delivery of the government’s mission to accelerate the transition to net zero.
Its broad functions will include advising the government on the development of its net zero strategy and convening senior leaders across the highest-emitting sectors of the economy to tackle cross-cutting barriers to decarbonisation and support action by businesses.
