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With the latest IPCC report now confirming that global warming has irrefutably been caused by human behaviour and that further climate changes are inevitable, we must both brace ourselves for the impacts of more extreme heat and rain, and also shoulder our fair share of the burden to minimise further climatic shifts.

We acknowledge that our industrial heritage has left a legacy of climate risk for future generations, and it is right that we now set out the next stage of our plan to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, bringing us onto a net zero by 2050 trajectory.

Net zero refers to carbon neutrality – the balance between carbon emissions and carbon removal from the atmosphere. Reducing our emissions is the best way to achieve this, but for those we are unable to eliminate, then we must offset them through investment in carbon reduction schemes, such as tree planting or educational programmes.

The courses below will help you navigate the basic science of climate change, explaining some of the major causes of rising global temperatures and the impacts that this has. They will also help you understand what net zero emissions is and why net zero is so critically important.

To begin, click on the course title and then self-enrol to start your Net Zero journey.