Net Zero
UK General Election: A turning point for climate action and the path to net zero
![The grant can be used to pay for solar PV or air source heat pumps.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17020198.jpg)
![The grant can be used to pay for solar PV or air source heat pumps.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17020198.jpg)
![Carbon footprint of heat pumps](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18135280.jpg)
![Carbon footprint of heat pumps](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18135280.jpg)
![Scotland’s Net Zero Secretary Mairi McAllan](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18130214.jpg)
![Scotland’s Net Zero Secretary Mairi McAllan](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18130214.jpg)
![SolarisKit flat-pack solar waater-heating prisms being installed in Kenya](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17975221.jpg)
![SolarisKit flat-pack solar waater-heating prisms being installed in Kenya](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17975221.jpg)
![Mairi McAllan](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16733914.jpg)
![Mairi McAllan](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16733914.jpg)
![Nicola Sturgeon speaks at Strathclyde University ahead of Cop26](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13156115.jpg)
![Nicola Sturgeon speaks at Strathclyde University ahead of Cop26](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13156115.jpg)
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![Cuts-hit Glasgow Council seeks £40bn private investment for net zero plans](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11592671.jpg)
![Cuts-hit Glasgow Council seeks £40bn private investment for net zero plans](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11592671.jpg)
![First Minister Humza Yousaf caused friction with the oil and gas industry](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16674289.jpg)
![First Minister Humza Yousaf caused friction with the oil and gas industry](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16674289.jpg)
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![Keir Starmer is under fire from oil and gas chiefs over his windfall tax plans](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17763986.jpg)
![Keir Starmer is under fire from oil and gas chiefs over his windfall tax plans](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17763986.jpg)
![Ed Miliband](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17759597.jpg)
![Ed Miliband](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17759597.jpg)
Labour Conference
![Patrick Harvie is hoping to ramp up the number of heat pumps and other renewable heating systems in Scotland](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17494377.jpg)
![Patrick Harvie is hoping to ramp up the number of heat pumps and other renewable heating systems in Scotland](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17494377.jpg)
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![SSEN transmission 'Pathway to 2030' map](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17739536.jpg)
![SSEN transmission 'Pathway to 2030' map](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17739536.jpg)
![Patrick Harvie is calling for the UK Government to keep its commitment to a key heat pumps regulation](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17494377.jpg)
![Patrick Harvie is calling for the UK Government to keep its commitment to a key heat pumps regulation](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17494377.jpg)
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![SNP Net Zero Secretary Mairi McAllan](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16690536.jpg)
![SNP Net Zero Secretary Mairi McAllan](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16690536.jpg)
Analysis
![Alex Neil says greenbelt sites should be last resort for battery energy storage](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17729508.jpg)
![Alex Neil says greenbelt sites should be last resort for battery energy storage](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17729508.jpg)
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![Scottish Conservative MP Andrew Bowie](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16729516.jpg)
![Scottish Conservative MP Andrew Bowie](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16729516.jpg)
![Green Circular Economy Minister Lorna Slater](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17430879.jpg)
![Green Circular Economy Minister Lorna Slater](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17430879.jpg)
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![Patrick Harvie has launched his draft heat pumps strategy](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17494377.jpg)
![Patrick Harvie has launched his draft heat pumps strategy](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17494377.jpg)
![Paul Hutton of Cranfield Aerospace and Andy Smith of Loganair with hydrogen-electric Britten-Norman Islander](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17693573.jpg)
![Paul Hutton of Cranfield Aerospace and Andy Smith of Loganair with hydrogen-electric Britten-Norman Islander](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17693573.jpg)
![Bodies of Palestinians killed In Israeli attacks are buried in a mass grave in Rafah, Gaza, yesterday](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17698736.jpg)
![Bodies of Palestinians killed In Israeli attacks are buried in a mass grave in Rafah, Gaza, yesterday](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17698736.jpg)
![Road users could be charged in Edinburgh to cut traffic and congestion](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13422247.jpg)
![Road users could be charged in Edinburgh to cut traffic and congestion](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13422247.jpg)
![Patrick Harvie has welcomed the progress on heat pumps but stressed there is more progress needed](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17494377.jpg)
![Patrick Harvie has welcomed the progress on heat pumps but stressed there is more progress needed](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17494377.jpg)
![Sir Peter Mathieson, left, and Sir Anton Muscatelli](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17668347.jpg)
![Sir Peter Mathieson, left, and Sir Anton Muscatelli](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17668347.jpg)
![UK minister Graham Stuart said his government will not prop up the doomed Grangemouth oil refinery](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17655129.jpg)
![UK minister Graham Stuart said his government will not prop up the doomed Grangemouth oil refinery](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17655129.jpg)
![Waste heat from an Edinburgh supercomputer could be used to warm thousands of homes](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17647897.jpg)
![Waste heat from an Edinburgh supercomputer could be used to warm thousands of homes](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17647897.jpg)
![Cuts to forestry will 'torpedo' Scotland's chances of meetings its climate change targets, Woodland Trust Scotland has said](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17647449.jpg)
![Cuts to forestry will 'torpedo' Scotland's chances of meetings its climate change targets, Woodland Trust Scotland has said](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17647449.jpg)
![Council leader Cammy Day will meet with SNP Net Zero Secretary Mairi McAllan over a green heat funding row](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17629073.jpg)
![Council leader Cammy Day will meet with SNP Net Zero Secretary Mairi McAllan over a green heat funding row](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17629073.jpg)
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![Housing associations may need to hike rents by 80 per cent to pay for net zero change](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12100620.jpg)
![Housing associations may need to hike rents by 80 per cent to pay for net zero change](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12100620.jpg)
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![Westminster wants to introduce mandatory annual oil and gas licensing rounds](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17626386.jpg)
![Westminster wants to introduce mandatory annual oil and gas licensing rounds](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17626386.jpg)
![Campaigners want tighter lobbying rules to protect Holyrood policy from influence from the oil and gas sector](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12680353.jpg)
![Campaigners want tighter lobbying rules to protect Holyrood policy from influence from the oil and gas sector](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12680353.jpg)
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![The Scottish Government offers free bus travel to under 22s](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17551109.jpg)
![The Scottish Government offers free bus travel to under 22s](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17551109.jpg)
![SNP Environment Minister Gillian Martin has admitted to barriers to peatland restoration](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17583767.jpg)
![SNP Environment Minister Gillian Martin has admitted to barriers to peatland restoration](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17583767.jpg)
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![Skills passport plans would allow energy workers to transfer from the oil and gas sector into renewable jobs](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13486671.jpg)
![Skills passport plans would allow energy workers to transfer from the oil and gas sector into renewable jobs](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13486671.jpg)
![Neil Gray has upset the nuclear power industry](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17548030.jpg)
![Neil Gray has upset the nuclear power industry](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17548030.jpg)
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![Humza Yousaf has been urged to speed up SCotland's transition away from fossil fuels](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17461602.jpg)
![Humza Yousaf has been urged to speed up SCotland's transition away from fossil fuels](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17461602.jpg)
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![Patrick Harvie has set out his heat in buildings proposals](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17495370.jpg)
![Patrick Harvie has set out his heat in buildings proposals](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17495370.jpg)
![Patrick Harvie has drawn up plans to clean up how buildings are heated in Scotland](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17494377.jpg)
![Patrick Harvie has drawn up plans to clean up how buildings are heated in Scotland](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17494377.jpg)
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![SNP Net Zero Secretary may need to be less reliant on a key carbon capture project at St Fergus](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17531985.jpg)
![SNP Net Zero Secretary may need to be less reliant on a key carbon capture project at St Fergus](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17531985.jpg)
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![First Minister Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16482393.jpg)
![First Minister Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16482393.jpg)
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![Aerial view of Tayvallich rainforest fragment](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17517346.jpg)
![Aerial view of Tayvallich rainforest fragment](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17517346.jpg)
![Torness nuclear power station](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13503071.jpg)
![Torness nuclear power station](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13503071.jpg)
![Circular Economy Minister Lorna Slater](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17430879.jpg)
![Circular Economy Minister Lorna Slater](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17430879.jpg)
![Patrick Harvie has pushed ahead with plans to ramp up heat pumps in Scottish homes](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17494377.jpg)
![Patrick Harvie has pushed ahead with plans to ramp up heat pumps in Scottish homes](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17494377.jpg)
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![Lorna Slater has published her circular economy plans](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17446440.jpg)
![Lorna Slater has published her circular economy plans](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17446440.jpg)
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![Laura Sefton](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17515759.jpg)
![Laura Sefton](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17515759.jpg)
![The Hunterston nuclear power station has now closed](/resources/images/128x89/1x/8799612.jpg)
![The Hunterston nuclear power station has now closed](/resources/images/180x180/1x/8799612.jpg)
Updated
![First Minister Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17189224.jpg)
![First Minister Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17189224.jpg)
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![A completed disaster home in Bangladesh, designed in Dundee](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17499154.jpg)
![A completed disaster home in Bangladesh, designed in Dundee](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17499154.jpg)
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![First Minister Humza Yousaf is attending COP28](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17189224.jpg)
![First Minister Humza Yousaf is attending COP28](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17189224.jpg)
![Patriclk Harvie has ruled out fines for Scots who fail to install heat pumps in time](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17494377.jpg)
![Patriclk Harvie has ruled out fines for Scots who fail to install heat pumps in time](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17494377.jpg)
![Rishi Sunak's Government has backed the North Sea oil and gas sector](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17060689.jpg)
![Rishi Sunak's Government has backed the North Sea oil and gas sector](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17060689.jpg)
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![Patrick Harvie has launched his draft heat pumps strategy](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17494377.jpg)
![Patrick Harvie has launched his draft heat pumps strategy](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17494377.jpg)
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