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Isle of Wight Council

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… of individuals, households, and businesses across the island are unlikely to have the capital required to immediately purchase an electric vehicle, install a home solar panel or heat pump, or to transition their business to net zero. While new technologies will become cheaper over time as they are more widely adopted, there is still likely to be a more gradual transition to low carbon technologies

… use in homes, particularly for heating, will remain a challenge beyond 2030. The Climate Change Committee has recommended that gas boilers be banned from sale from 2033 to enable the whole of the UK to meet its net zero by 2050 target10, although this is not a legal requirement as of February 2021 (although new-build homes will be required to fit low-carbon alternatives to gas boilers from…

… 202511). Because of the current costs of low-carbon technologies, it is highly unlikely that every home on the island will be able to replace its existing gas boiler with a low- 10 2020 Progress Report to Parliament (theccc.org.uk) 11 UK homes unfit for the challenges of climate change, CCC says - Climate Change Committee (theccc.org.uk) The Isle of Wight will aim to meet net zero in emissions…

…/ 14 carbon alternative before 2030. Currently, domestic heating makes up just under a quarter of the Isle of Wight’s emissions. Similarly, while the council may be able to require new developments to install low carbon technologies as a condition of planning permission, it cannot enforce retrofitting in all existing buildings. As such, a longer-term target date of 2040 for meeting net zero…

… Recommendations to meet net zero ......................................................................... 24 6.1 Carbon budgets ................................................................................................................ 27 6.2 Carbon offsetting .............................................................................................................. 28 7 Financial costs…

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