Who We Are - Humshaugh Net Zero
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Our Vision
• To achieve Net Zero in the Parish of Humshaugh by 2030;
• To provide clear and unbiased information on achieving Net Zero to residents, businesses, landowners and farmers;
• To investigate and pursue opportunities in the Parish, and surrounding area; for improving home and transport energy-efficiency,
thereby reducing carbon emissions, and developing low carbon energy production, storage and use;
• To monitor and communicate progress towards Net Zero by 2030;
• To reduce fuel poverty within the Parish;
• To improve the energy efficiency of low income households and ensure they are not disadvantaged by moves to Net Zero;
• To support efforts to reduce carbon emissions elsewhere;
• To help others start and develop similar initiatives by making details of our history, information & achievements freely available.
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Our Team
Our team is comprised of passionate individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences. We bring together a wealth of knowledge and skills to achieve our goals and make a positive impact in our community.
The Issues
Local Issues
Global Issues
Global Issues
Between March and May 2020 HNZ, in collaboration with Newcastle University, conducted a Humshaugh Residential Property Carbon Footprint Survey. 110 households responded, which equates to approximately 30% of all properties. The results:
Humshaugh Household Carbon Footprint (tonnes CO2)
Electricity 425 tonnes CO2 (8% of total)
Heating 1,486 tonnes CO2 (28% of total)
Cars 1,380 tonnes CO2 (26% of total)
Flying 849 tonnes CO2 (16% of total)
Food and Recycling 1,168 tonnes CO2 (22% of total)
Total 5,308 tonnes CO2
Global Issues
Global Issues
Global Issues
According to serious climate change scholars, who published 'The 2023 state of the climate report: Entering uncharted territory' in the journal, BIOSCIENCE 2023 (https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biad080), 2023 was the year of a raft of unwanted all-time climate-related records.
"This year exceptional heat waves have swept across the world, leading to record high temperatures ........ June through August of this year was the warmest period ever recorded, and in early July, we witnessed Earth’s highest global daily average surface temperature ever measured, possibly the warmest tem-
perature on Earth over the past 100,000 years ..... It is a sign that we are pushing our planetary systems into dangerous instability .... We are venturing into uncharted climate territory."