Dr Rory Hearne: We must attain a zero-carbon housing system to tackle climate crisis

The Government’s Housing for All Plan must build more energy-efficient social housing and up its rate of retrofitting while using our vacant and derelict buildings to deliver new homes in order to fight climate change, writes Dr Rory Hearne

New housing development should be implementing climate mitigation measures, through green building measures, tree planting, water harvesting, underground heating systems, solar panels and wind turbines.

Ensuring a 'Green New Deal' to provide sustainable homes for all should be at the core of the Government's Housing for All Plan.

The housing and climate crisis are two of the main issues we have to solve as a country.