During this webinar Dr Caroline Kuzemko (University of Warwick) and Cheryl Hiles, Director of Energy Capital at the West Midlands Combined Authority discussed the sustainable energy transition agenda through a policy and politics lens. Dr Caroline Kuzemko talk focused on some of the ways in which it is possible to harness the power of politics to challenge business-as-usual and drive more equitable change, whilst Cheryl Hiles, presented on the West Midlands Combined Authority’s vision to transition the West Midlands to net zero carbon emissions region.