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The ‘Moving net zero from why to how’ report, developed under Innovate UK’s Net Zero Living Programme, offers a guide for local authorities to help make net zero conversations easier and more relevant to residents, colleagues or stakeholders.

City Science, in partnership with Innovate UK’s Net Zero Living Programme, explores the central role played by heat networks in financing progress towards net zero, and the opportunities this brings.

The Local Power Plan is here, marking a key moment for how places across the UK can accelerate and benefit from the net zero transition. As Great British Energy’s flagship strategy for scaling and accelerating local and community energy, delivering the aspirations set out in the plan presents an exciting opportunity for places to apply key lessons from Innovate UK’s Net Zero Living Programme.

This article by Regen, a Net Zero Living Programme delivery partner, brings together views of local authorities involved in the Programme which were shared at a Local Power Plan policy group on 18th February 2026.

On 4 March 2026, Innovate Local Dorset brought together business leaders, entrepreneurs, researchers, and support organisations at the Executive Business Centre in Bournemouth for a day dedicated to unlocking innovation and driving regional growth.