Shift to Net Zero Phase 2 Pathfinder

在向净零转移的第一阶段，我们与四个地方当局（LA）合作伙伴（埃塞克斯郡、萨里郡和肯特郡议会以及布莱顿和霍夫市议会）合作，进行了广泛的研究、分析和咨询，以确定如何利用净零运载工具（NZDV）的创建来克服提供当地脱碳计划的非技术障碍，并增加对净零解决方案的私人投资。这个为期3个月的项目确定了目前阻碍阿拉伯国家联盟加快其净零投资方案的速度和规模的两个共同关键障碍：缺乏管理和实施大规模净零规划的内部技能、资源和能力（障碍1）；每天在家。为弥合融资缺口以实现当地净零目标所需的项目和资产获得适当融资的困难（障碍2）障碍1将随着NZDV的推出而得到解决，这将有助于LAs开发投资级商业案例，与投资者接触，获得私人融资，尽职调查，执行和监控净零投资。然而，NZDV在实践中的有效性将取决于克服障碍2，并启动文化变革，这是LAs部署私人融资所需的，以及传统的公共资金来源（例如，资本支出、投资储蓄或获得赠款）。“向净零转移：加速器”（Shift）侧重于解决这一障碍，确定我们如何建设拉美国家的能力和能力，使其受益于私人融资，以解锁、保障和加速其基于地方的脱碳计划的实施。通过一系列的内部培训活动、研讨会和地方之间的知识交流（以及金融机构之间的知识交流，以促进LAs与私营部门贷方/投资者之间的知识交流），Shift将直接支持参与第一阶段的14个LAs（无论是作为项目合作伙伴还是准集团成员），以加深他们对如何将私人融资纳入其融资模式和战略的理解，以实现其当地的净零目标。“加速器”项目将包括各参与地区的能力建设和知识交流**，这些地区覆盖了1500多万人口**，占英格兰人口的26.6%。通过专注于屏障2的解决方案，我们将为LAs未来使用NZDV提供明确的途径，并动员所需的私人资金来支持地方和区域净零计划。

During Phase 1 of Shift to Net Zero we worked with four local authority (LA) partners (Essex, Surrey and Kent County Councils and Brighton & Hove City Council), undertaking extensive research, analysis and consultation to determine how the creation of a Net Zero Delivery Vehicle (NZDV) could be used to overcome the non-technical barriers to delivering local decarbonisation programmes and increase private investment into net zero solutions.The 3-month project identified two common critical barriers that are currently preventing LAs from accelerating the pace and scale of their net zero investment programmes:1. A lack of in-house skills, resources and capacity to manage and deliver large-scale net zero programmes (Barrier 1); And2. Difficulty in accessing appropriate finance for the projects and assets required to bridge the finance gap to deliver local net zero targets (Barrier 2)Barrier 1 will be addressed with the launch on the NZDV, which will help LAs to develop investment-grade business cases, engage with investors, access private finance, diligence, execute, and monitor net zero investments. However, the effectiveness of the NZDV in practice will be dependent upon overcoming Barrier 2 and initiating the cultural change that is required for LAs to deploy private finance, alongside traditional sources of public funding (e.g., CapEx, invest-to-save, or securing grants).'Shift to Net Zero: Accelerator' (Shift) focuses on addressing this barrier, identifying how we can build the capacity and capability of LAs to benefit from private finance to unlock, secure and accelerate the delivery of their local place-based decarbonisation programmes. Through a series of in-house training events, workshops and knowledge exchanges between places (and financial institutions to enable knowledge exchange between LAs and private sector lenders / investors) Shift will directly support 14 LAs that were involved in Phase 1 (either as Project Partners or Associate Group Members) to build their understanding of how private finance can be integrated into their funding models and strategies to achieve their local net zero targets.The Accelerator programme will comprise of capacity building and knowledge exchange across the participating LAs, **which cover a geographic area comprising over 15 million people** - or 26.6% of England's population. By focusing on a solution for Barrier 2, we will provide a clear pathway for the NZDV to be used by LAs in the future and mobilise the private finance that is needed to support local and regional net zero programmes.