A Day in the Net Zero Life - Backcasting Reports

These one-page reports are the result of ‘backcasting’ from the Net Zero achievements envisioned in the 6 short stories 'A Day in the Net Zero Life'. Read the short stories first and then look up each footnote, here, in this document to see how ICNZ is on the way to achieving this. 'A Day in the Net Zero Life' is a collection of stories that are ‘sketches’ of possible net zero futures imagined by members of the Islands Centre for Net Zero (ICNZ), who are based across the Scottish islands. They are not intended to limit the future but, instead, open up the possibility for what living and thriving in a low carbon future could be like for everyday islanders. Created by the ICNZ Vision WorkGroup in September 2025. Written by Laura Watts. Contributions by Paolo Cherubini, Leanne Fischler, Kirsty Groundwater, Mark Hull, Karen Jamieson, Matthew Logan, Jordan Low, Joseph Najduch, Elaine Salomon, Claire Thomson, Catherine Waters.