- To download the Agenda for this seminar click here

POST EVENT:

PRESENTATIONS

• Kerry Booth, Chief Executive, Rural Services Network, “Welcome & Introduction to the topic of Rural Net Zero

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  Nick Hayden, Carbon Neutral Council Programme Manager, Cornwall Council, “Striving towards becoming a Carbon Neutral Cornwall”

• Prof. Damian Maye and Dr. Aimee Morse, Countryside and Community Research Institute (CCRI), “Co-designing climate action in rural communities using the Climathon methodology”

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  Helen Ball, Senior Sustainability Manager, Broadacres Housing Association, “Decarbonising rural homes – moving on from pilot projects”

SPEAKERS

To find out more about the speakers click on the following links:

Kerry Booth, Chief Executive, Rural Services Network
https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/page/our-team/kerry-booth/

Nick Hayden, Carbon Neutral Council Programme Manager, Cornwall Council
https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/environment/climate-emergency/what-is-cornwall-doing/carbon-neutral-cornwall-governance/

Prof. Damian Maye, Countryside and Community Research Institute (CCRI)
https://www.glos.ac.uk/staff/profile/damian-maye/

Dr. Aimee Morse, Countryside and Community Research Institute (CCRI)
https://www.glos.ac.uk/staff/profile/aimee-morse/

Helen Ball, Senior Sustainability Manager, Broadacres Housing Association
https://www.broadacres.org.uk/

USEFUL LINKS FROM THE SESSION

Winning the Rural Vote Campaign:
https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/winning-the-rural-vote
Planning asks can be found on the last spread of the campaign document

Rural Net Zero Chapter:
https://rsnonline.org.uk/images/manifesto-2023/rural-net-zero-chapter.pdf
Note content is being regularly updated as and when data becomes available

Rural Lens reviews on government policies and strategies, including Net Zero, the Planning White Paper and Levelling Up:
https://rsnonline.org.uk/tag/rural-lens 

RSN Members Insights:
https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/category/member-insight-and-analysis

Environment Insights:
https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/tag/insight-on-environment

An independent report on the Review of Net Zero, here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/review-of-net-zero

Rural England, Decarbonising Heating and Hot Water in Rural Off Gas Grid Properties Report:
https://ruralengland.org/category/reports/

Cotswold Climathon:
https://www.ccri.ac.uk/news/10/2023/climathon2024/

Heatpumps working in cold areas:
https://www.cse.org.uk/advice/heat-pumps/#doairsourceheatpumpsstopworkingwhenitsreallycoldoutside
&
https://www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-how-heat-pumps-became-a-nordic-success-story/#:~:text=Heat%20pump%20market%20growth&text=Heat%20pumps%20are%20the%20%E2%80%9Ccentral,per%20100%20households%20in%20Norway

LGA Report on Green Jobs:
https://gemserv.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Local-green-jobs-accelerating-a-sustainable-economic-recovery_final-1.pdf

UK 100 Knowledge Hub:
https://www.uk100.org/projects/knowledgehub  

UK 100 Countryside Climate Network:
https://www.uk100.org/projects/knowledgehub

Levers local regulatory services they have at their disposal to help deliver net zero ambitions:
https://www.local.gov.uk/publications/regulatory-services-and-net-zero-mapping-local-levers

Heat network energy efficiency:
https://rsnonline.org.uk/images/meetings/online-seminars/2023/COP3/heat-network-efficiency-scheme.pdf

Carbon Literacy Trust:
https://carbonliteracy.com/

Cornwall Council Biomethane Project:
https://bennamann.com/cornwall-council-invests-1-58-million-in-our-6-farm-pilot-with-cormac-biomethane-fuel-supply/

Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/social-housing-decarbonisation-fund-wave-22

Solar Wizard:
https://solarwizard.org.uk/wizard

Action Energy Cambs:
https://www.actiononenergycambs.org/