02 HOME OF ZERO CARBON BRITAIN

A mountain breeze stirs the willows. Bees seek out the primroses and a frog slips into the pond from a lily, while the coin-spinning call of a wood warbler mingles with sounds of hammering and laughter from the workshops. Welcome to Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT), home of the Zero Carbon Britain research project.

CAT’s most recent Zero Carbon Britain report, Rising to the Climate Emergency, suggests how we could reduce greenhouse gas emissions to zero by using technology we already have and by changing the way we use land. It is calm, rational and inspirational, but then that is what you’d expect