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The UK Government has released data on greenhouse gas emissions for 2021
2021 UK Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Further information: www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-territorial-greenhouse-gas-emissions-national-statistics
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has now taken on the energy portfolio from the former Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). It aims to secure the UK’s long-term energy supply, bring down bills and halve inflation. As part of this it will work on delivering security of energy supply, ensuring properly functioning energy markets, encouraging greater energy efficiency and seizing the opportunities of net zero to lead the world in new green industries. For 2023, its priorities are to:
- Ensure security of energy supply this winter, next winter and in the longer-term – bringing down energy bills and reducing inflation.
2. Ensure the UK is on track to meet its legally binding Net Zero commitments and support economic growth by significantly speeding up delivery of network infrastructure and domestic energy production.
3. Improve the energy efficiency of UK homes, businesses and public sector buildings to meet the 15% demand reduction ambition.
4. Deliver current schemes to support energy consumers with their bills and develop options for long-term reform to improve how the electricity market works for families and businesses.
5. Seize the economic benefits of Net Zero, including the jobs and growth created through investment in new green industries.
6. Pass the Energy Bill to support the emerging CCUS and hydrogen sectors; to update the governance of the energy system; and to reduce the time taken to consent offshore wind.
Health Care Without Harm (noharm.org)
Health Care Without Harm is an international nongovernmental organization that works to transform health care worldwide so that it reduces its environmental footprint, becomes a community anchor for sustainability, and a leader in the global movement for environmental health and justice.
ECOO environmental sustainability guidance
Download the ECOO environmental sustainability guidance here.
Free Sustainability courses from the United Nations
Digital Sustainability Learning Path
The Digital4Sustainability Learning Path explores the transformational role digital solutions and innovations can play in advancing environmental and social sustainability.
Circular Economy and the 2030 Agenda
This engaging six-week online course will focus on harnessing circular economy principles and systems-based approaches to explore ways in which we can redesign our systems, products and services to allow us to achieve sustainable living for all, within planetary limits.
In this 20-minute, interactive e-learning course delivered by the UN Global Compact Academy and the Science Based Targets initiative, you will learn about the Net-Zero Standard and receive guidance on how to set science-based net-zero targets consistent with limiting global temperature rise to 1.5C.
An Introduction to E-Waste Policy
This self-paced course aims to support national stakeholders in developing national Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) policy and regulation.
Climate Change: The Science and Global Impact
To solve the environmental, cultural, and socioeconomic issues that climate change is causing, a scientific understanding of the changing climate is necessary.