Six Select Committees of the House of Commons commissioned the citizens’ assembly in June 2019 to understand public preferences on how the UK should meet its target of reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2050 impact these decisions will have on people’s lives. The six committees involved were: Business Energy and Industrial Strategy; Environmental Audit; Housing, Communities and Local Government, Science and Technology; Transport; and Treasury. Climate Assembly UK brought together more than 100 people from all walks of life and of all shades of opinion to discuss how the UK should . The assembly members met over six weekends in Spring 2020. They heard balanced evidence on the choices the UK faces, discussed them, and made recommendations about what the UK should do to become net zero by 2050. Their final report was published on Thursday 10 September 2020. UK should meet its net zero emissions commitment with detailed recommendations across ten areas including: how we travel; what we eat and how we use the land; what we buy; heat and energy use in the home; how we generate our electricity; and greenhouse gas removals.