Reducing the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% by 2050 is ambitious but achievable. And we face major choices about how best to do this. For example, how far might the UK reduce its demand for energy? How much bioenergy might the UK attempt to source, and where should it be used? How far might the UK attempt to electrify demand for energy? How might we generate the electricity required?
We have invited a panel of experts to propose their own preferred pathways to 2050, to explain why they think their solution is best, and to debate the different choices we could take. You can join this debate, ask the experts questions about their choices and compare their pathways with yours. If you’ve not already created your own pathway you can do so using the 2050 Web Tool.
How to get involved
The 2050 Pathways Debate lasted a week, starting 3 March 2011. On the first two days our experts debated the merits of the pathways they presented their positions. On 7 March we opened the debate to everyone for two days giving people the chance to question the experts and share their own preferred pathway. Some of the experts have since updated their pathways in the new version of the Calculator. We invite people to look at the new features of the tool and see whether they would still pick the same pathway.