FREE WEBINAR | Reclaiming Net Zero
Thursday 9th July 2026, 11:30 – 12:30 BST. Hosted by Net Zero Tracker.
Synopsis:
Net zero strategies are evolving not disappearing. Amid a perfect storm of geopolitical uncertainty and fossil fuel volatility, recalibrations of climate plans can present an opportunity for firms to prioritise what matters: phasing out fossil fuels, transparency on offsets and lobbying for climate action. Making plans more credible can also drive security, competitiveness and resilience – if ambition is matched by delivery.
This event explores how recalibrating net zero plans can strengthen competitiveness, resilience and delivery. It will examine how evolving accountability standards and new approaches – both inside and beyond supply chains – can move societal net zero from ambition to implementation.
The Energy Transitions Commission will also discuss the role of net zero commitments in keeping warming well below 2°C, including how to build on electrification momentum, and how companies, financiers and policymakers can set realistic, yet ambitious transition strategies.
Moderator:
Nick Hay, Communications and Stakeholder Lead, Net Zero Tracker (Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit).
Nick is communications and stakeholder lead for the Net Zero Tracker, shaping strategies that connect the Tracker with journalists, NGOs, policymakers, campaigners, and corporate networks. Nick is also the director of Soried, a specialist communications practice focused on accelerating systems change through credible storytelling.
Speakers:
John Lang, Lead, Net Zero Tracker (Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit).
John co-founded and leads the Net Zero Tracker, specialising in climate science and policy analysis and public communication for the Tracker and the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit. A New Zealand-qualified lawyer, he also runs Climate Trunk, Consult Climate, and Kiwis in Climate. He holds an LLM from University College London and history and law degrees from University of Otago.
Mike Hemsley, Deputy Director, The Energy Transitions Commission (ETC).
Mike Hemsley is Deputy Director for the Energy Transitions Commission, a diverse coalition of public, private, non-governmental and academic stakeholders aiming at accelerating energy transitions globally. He is responsible for managing the delivery of the ETC’s analytical and regional programmes, and support for the ETC’s members.
He previously worked at the UK’s Committee on Climate Change – an independent advisor to the Government – where he led the CCC’s Carbon Budgets team, bringing together the CCC’s analysis on sectoral emissions and leading work on cross-cutting decarbonisation policy to recommend the UK’s Sixth Carbon Budget (2033-37).
*See the full online conference agenda for Net Zero Week 2026 here.
