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ROUNDTABLE L et's cut a long story short. If we care about mitigating Climate Change, we need to release radio spectrum to enable the emergence of a smart, flexible, decentralised power grid. This was the clear-cut message from a meeting of senior industry experts and regulators in the House of Commons. The creation of a smart, decentralised power system is a central cog in the UK's response to the ultimate threat of climate change. A grid which can embrace a diverse range of renewable generation technologies along with energy storage, which can support dynamic electric vehicle charging, low carbon heating technologies and facilitate energy flexibility markets, is essential in order to unlock a new phase of emissions reduction in the UK. There is an urgent need to access this seam of low carbon potential. In early May the Commit - tee on Climate Change (CCC) published a report emphasising the need to set a national net-zero emissions target for greenhouse gasses by 2050 in order to honour the commitments made by the UK in the Paris Agreement. The smart energy blind spot Current operational telecoms systems are not fit for a DSO future. Jane Gray reports on the key outcomes of a Network debate hosted in association with Nokia and Joint Radio Company (JRC). NETWORK / 10 / JUNE 2019