rural environment

rural environment

Call for Rural to be at the heart of the journey to Net Zero

The impacts of dangerous climate change will affect all communities. This much is already clear from the rural impacts of increasingly frequent storm damage, flood events and periods of drought. Minimising man-made climate change matters as much to rural communities and businesses as it does to any others.

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The Rural Heating Challenge – National Rural Conference 2022 Feature Article

Late last year, the long-awaited Heat and Buildings Strategy was published setting out details of a £3.9 billion package of support to decarbonise heat for buildings. The Government set out firmly that it sees rural households as a priority, noting that off-grid homes typically use higher carbon fuels and pay more for their heating and therefore may save more from a switchover

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