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Nearly 60 councils pledge to beef up net zero plans

25 May 2021 • 2 min read

Nearly 60 councils pledge to beef up net zero plans

Local leaders representing over a third of the population sign up to UK100 initiative that aims to deliver net zero emission communities by 2045

The UK100 group of local authorities and councils has this week announced that nearly 60 cross-party local leaders, representing 35 per cent of the UK population, have now committed to delivering net zero...

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