From building and operating a brand-new district heating system in Newcastle, de-gassing high-rise tower blocks through the installation of ground or air source heat pumps; accessing government funds to decarbonise public buildings, including museums, leisure centres, libraries and theatres; or ensuring top institutions like Northumbria and Durham University are fit for the future – the North East is making zero carbon a reality.

Here we take a deep dive into an entire region’s approach to net zero and its journey to decarbonisation, which can, and should, act as a model to be replicated – bringing us ever closer to the net zero goal.