Energy Minister for a Day

Balancing the right energy mix is tricky! Could you bear the weight on your shoulders of being energy minister for a day?

Countries around the world are working to significantly reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century. Achieving this will require transforming economies while ensuring energy supplies remain secure, reliable, and low in carbon.

Using the online interactive MacKay Carbon Calculator, you can step into the shoes of an energy minister for a day and create pathways to find out how we might reduce the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050 and beyond.

Click here to Play

This interactive game gives you, the energy minister, the choices to make on energy policy. When you click ‘Play’ above the game will open in a new tab. Use the sliders to choose your ‘levels of ambition’ for decarbonising different parts of the energy system. The calculator will then show how your choices affect UK emissions expressed as ‘carbon dioxide equivalent’ (CO2e). You can then click on ‘Go to results’ to see how your 2050 scenario compares to the emission levels in 1990.

See the difference your choices will make in reducing the carbon emissions!

Further information on this resource

The MacKay Carbon Calculator is provided by The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, who provide further information about the resource. It provides a model of the UK energy system that allows you to explore pathways to decarbonisation, including net zero by 2050.