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Is 'net zero' much ado about nothing?

GreenBiz

The concept of net zero goes back nearly a decade, in the run-up to the 2015 COP21 climate conference in Paris. According to one telling , a group of female climate leaders met at a Scottish estate in 2013 to discuss bold climate goals that could be enacted two years later in Paris. Is net zero greenwash? Some think so.

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Analyzing Carbon Offset Markets’ role in our journey to a net-zero world

Carlos Sanchez

Notice that compliance and voluntary carbon markets have interlinked movements, as seen in the 2013 drop in both voluntary and compliance credits. In Voluntary carbon offset markets, offsets are used at the companies discretion, and the market size in 2021 is expected to hit $1 billion. “People respond to incentives.”

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Advancing Climate Justice Priorities Over Profit-Led Research

Stanford Social Innovation

The Cloud of Net-Zero. Carbon stories are a major feature of climate transition agendas. The current climate crisis R&D landscape features a broad suite of carbon-focused technologies, including carbon capture and carbon control, with net-zero and carbon neutrality as a prominent objective.

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