Ravi Gurumurthy, CEO of Nesta, joins Alex Cameron to talk about decarbonising domestic heat

and the urgent changes needed to achieve net zero in the UK. Nesta is the UK’s innovation agency for

social good and in March, Nesta published it’s ambitious 10 year strategy which aims to improve the

lives of millions through mission-led innovation. Ravi Gurumurthy talks with Alex about how Nesta

drives innovation and his view on achieving net zero equitably and on time.

Ravi has extensive experience in this area having been one of the architects of the UK’s Climate Change

Act in 2008. Whilst at the Department of Energy and Climate Change, as Director of

Strategy, he was responsible for setting and meeting the UK’s Carbon Budgets and developing the

government’s 2050 decarbonisation plan.

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Taking the CO2 out of home heating – how to do it equitably and quickly..