About the event
Innovate UK’s £60 million Net Zero Living Programme is using user-centred design to help local authorities and businesses deliver new solutions that benefit people, improve local services, and open markets for economic growth.
Each month we will explore how the Net Zero Living Programme local authorities are working with partners to innovate net zero delivery.
Who should attend?
- Local authorities
- Public sector organisations
- SMEs and innovators in the net zero space
- Policymakers
- UK stakeholders within the Climate, Energy and Mobility sectors
Whether you’re a local authority looking to accelerate your place’s net zero transition, a community group creating local impact or policy expert, this webinar is for anyone interested in a place-based and just transition to net zero.
Upcoming webinars
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Webinar 2
7 January 2026, 12pm-1pm
How local authorities are facilitating place-based climate delivery by building internal capacity, partnerships, and the effective use of data.
Why attend?
The role of councils as connectors and brokers is evolving. By building enabling ecosystems of governance, finance, leadership, and partnerships, councils turn ambition into delivery. The effective use of data and digital platforms can unlock insight and decision-making that accelerates this coordinated, place-based progress.
This webinar will demonstrate how the Net Zero Living Programme places have used their convening power to align networks, attract investment, and drive innovation with visible local impact.
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Webinar 3
4 February 2026, 12pm-1pm
Unlocking investment through strategic project development and regional collaboration.
Climate delivery without legitimacy is slow, fragile and contested. But participation, done well, builds the mandate to act. It unlocks trust, aligns internal priorities, and ensures climate action meets real local needs.
Why attend?
Councils across the UK face a common challenge: turning ambitious climate strategies into fundable, deliverable projects at pace and scale. While priorities and plans exist, many stop short of investment-ready detail, causing delays, missed funding, and reliance on short-term grants.
This webinar will explore the importance of planning, pipeline development, and regional partnerships in unlocking public and private funding.
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Webinar 4
11 March 2026, 12pm-1pm
Discover how pioneering places are cutting emissions faster through innovation and targeted local action.
Why attend?
Energy, transport and retrofit are the sectors where local authorities can make the biggest impact. Yet despite strong cases for action, delivery often faces familiar obstacles around capacity, coordination, financing, and the need for innovation in practice.
This webinar will focus on factors helping the Net Zero Living Programme places build confidence in and unlock local delivery.
Past webinar recordings
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Webinar 1
3 December 2025
Discover how councils can turn climate action into a strategic enabler that builds trust, unlocks investment, and delivers cleaner, fairer, and more prosperous communities through the Net Zero Living Programme.
Why watch?
The next phase of this pioneering programme will focus on embedding, scaling, and growing the impact of net zero project initiatives. Watch this webinar to hear key insights from seven Net Zero Living Demonstrator projects, showcasing impact, lessons learned, and how this work can be replicated and scaled across the UK and beyond.
The Demonstrator project presentations will explore:
- How to do net zero faster and avoid duplication,
- Project successes and lessons learned,
- How their work can be replicated, and
- How projects are scaling their initiatives.
You can attend all webinars, or select individual sessions. Please select the webinar that you wish to attend on the registration page.
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