Net Zero East is a new initiative seeking to collaborate with local stakeholders across the East of England to find innovative solutions that facilitate and accelerate the transition to Net Zero by 2050.

Nigel Cornwall of New Anglia Energy and Johnathan Reynolds of Opergy will set out how Net Zero East will provide a regional focus on the complex issues around delivering accelerated change across the energy, transport and land use sectors, as well as highlighting the challenges faced by local authorities, businesses and individuals in supporting Net Zero transformation.

Guest presentations from leading industry commentators will help to contextualise how new approaches to policy, regulation and stakeholder behaviour are needed to ensure Net Zero commitments can be met:

• Laura Sandys CBE (Challenging Ideas)

• Guy Newey (Energy Systems Catapult)

• Ed Birkett (Policy Exchange).

The Net Zero East team will set out possible programmes and priorities to support the high levels of technical and commercial innovation needed to enable East Anglia to become the UK's Clean Growth region, and will introduce the deep regional mapping work and supporting platform they have developed to help inform and guide stakeholder actions.

The full agenda and joining instructions will be added here closer to the event. In the meantime, be sure to follow @NetZeroEast on Twitter.