Study: Cutting energy demand could offer cheapest and fastest route to net zero

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Study explores range of decarbonisation scenarios to examine how behavioural and lifestyle changes could help deliver on net zero goals

Reducing the UK's energy demand could offer the cheapest and most efficient route to reaching net zero targets, delivering emissions reductions at half the cost of alternative solutions such as electrification...

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