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New National Energy System Operator to advise on costs, benefits, challenges, and risks of decarbonising the electricity grid by the end of the decade

A flurry of reports this week have explored what needs to happen if the new government is to have any chance of meeting its target to decarbonise the grid by 2030 - can Labour now deliver such radical reforms?

Former CCC boss to head up 'first of its kind' Mission Control to co-ordinate action to deliver on Labour's clean power goal

Outgoing CCC boss Chris Stark fears the term 'net zero' is becoming 'unhelpful', but any alternative framing for decarbonisation would face precisely the same political and structural challenges

BusinessGreen rounds up the most widely read stories on the site this week

Stark to leave influential UK advisory body at end of April to take on new role as CEO of global climate consultancy the Carbon Trust

BusinessGreen rounds up the most widely read stories on the site this week

Climate Change Committee chief tells Net Zero Festival that it is now time for businesses and governments to turn targets into action, but that aligning corporate action with the wider economy's transition should take priority over hitting individual...

Climate Change Committee presents advice to Northern Ireland Executive on how to meet its 'very tough' net zero by 2050 target

Climate Change Committee CEO argues Chris Skidmore-led review offers prime opportunity to boost the case for net zero as solution to cost of living crisis