Reducing home carbon emissions is one of the biggest policy challenges facing the UK over the next decade.

Governments in the UK - including the Welsh and Scottish governments - will need to introduce new policies to minimise pollution and mitigate climate change.

Nesta will soon launch a policy plan for home heating outlining the full set of policies we think are essential to set the UK on a path to fully decarbonising home heating over the next 25 years.

Our policy plan will have six key elements:

1. Strategic choices on low-carbon heat
2. Making low-carbon heating affordable
3. Phasing out fossil fuel heating
4. Delivering the heat transition at scale
5. Increasing public understanding and supporting consumers through the transition
6. Growing the heating industry and workforce

​Making informed decisions on decarbonisation means having access to credible and up-to-date information. To support our policy plan, this library pulls together supporting evidence from Nesta and beyond - including technical and social research, modelling and industry assessments - and provides clear and actionable recommendations for the best ways forward.