<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><ns2:project xmlns:ns1="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api" xmlns:ns2="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project" xmlns:ns3="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/fund" xmlns:ns4="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/person" xmlns:ns5="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project/outcome" xmlns:ns6="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/organisation" ns1:created="2026-06-22T07:57:45Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/projects/CEAD53E0-7F8E-4E45-91AA-70281EDCBE1A" ns1:id="CEAD53E0-7F8E-4E45-91AA-70281EDCBE1A"><ns1:links><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/persons/0335E99C-823D-405F-ABC5-F3AE7C52D49C" ns1:rel="PM_PER"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/978A6BC1-A214-4524-B177-BAF2B3A81688" ns1:rel="LEAD_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/E409C824-8358-447A-89DD-4500844DCEE2" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/978A6BC1-A214-4524-B177-BAF2B3A81688" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:end="2025-06-29T23:00:00Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/funds/B1D9F1DE-0D89-42E0-B8FD-2AFFD9C025EA" ns1:rel="FUND" ns1:start="2024-05-31T23:00:00Z"/></ns1:links><ns2:identifiers><ns2:identifier ns2:type="RCUK">10114766</ns2:identifier></ns2:identifiers><ns2:title>Lambeth Net Zero Connections</ns2:title><ns2:status>Closed</ns2:status><ns2:grantCategory>Demonstrator</ns2:grantCategory><ns2:leadFunder>Innovate UK</ns2:leadFunder><ns2:abstractText>One of the key non-technical systemic barriers to the delivery of Net Zero objectives is community engagement. A potential solution is the curation of a place-based ecosystem to facilitate:

1 / Innovation, community feedback, and ideation

2 / Local community engagement with current and future climate action initiatives

3 / Catalyse private sector investment

The Pathfinders Places Phase 2 feasibility study seeks to enhance the growth of a place-based ecosystem in the London Borough of Lambeth (LB Lambeth) through the development of an independent website/tool; Lambeth's Climate Partnership website. The consortium will seek to enhance existing features as well as build new ones, to:

1 / Facilitate local business access to market opportunities

2 / Build capacity and capabilities

3 / Enable knowledge exchange

During our project, the consortium will:

- Build on the learning from our Phase 1 work around barriers to participation and opportunities to address these

- Address two key non-technical barriers: **engagement and data.**

- Address **heat, power, and mobility** systems as well as other sustainability themes and take an integrated approach to these

- Develop and deliver a replicable model for successful engagement and implementation, sharing knowledge with others and supporting business case development

- Take a constructive approach to knowledge sharing and joint working across the Thriving Places cohort and beyond - Focus on equity and justice, through engagement, design and delivery</ns2:abstractText></ns2:project>