The world has a goal to reach net zero emissions. Our platform, informed by leading climate researchers and hosted by the University of Oxford, brings together principles and policies, practical tools, and progress tracking to help businesses and policymakers achieve that goal.

Principles & Policies

PrACTICAL TOOLS

PROGRESS TRACKING

How to set a net zero target

As net zero targets are being set, questions arise about how current net zero targets align. We present criteria based on a summary of current practices, identifying areas of convergence and divergence.

tools for setting and achieving a net zero target

Browse our library of the most relevant tools helping institutions of all kinds set and achieve their net zero targets.

GLOBAL NET ZERO STOCKTAKE

For an understanding of progress to net zero, read the first systematic review of net zero commitments by countries, sub-national governments, and major corporations around the globe. 

The world has a goal to reach net zero emissions.

Our platform brings together principles and policies, practical tools, and progress tracking to help achieve that goal.

PRINCIPLES & POLICIES

How to set a net zero target

As net zero targets are being set, questions arise about how current net zero targets align. We present criteria based on a summary of current practices, identifying areas of convergence and divergence.

Practical Tools

tools for setting and achieving a net zero target

Browse our library of the most relevant tools helping institutions of all kinds set and achieve their net zero targets.

PROGRESS TRACKING

Global Net Zero Stocktake

For an understanding of progress to net zero, read the first systematic review of net zero commitments by countries, sub-national governments, and major corporations around the globe. 

Greenhouse gas removal for a net zero world

There are various types of Greenhouse Gas Removal (GGR) technologies which recapture already emitted greenhouse gases from the atmosphere and ocean.

Nature-Based Solutions for a net zero world

Nature-based Solutions (NbS) involve working with and enhancing nature to achieve multiple benefits for people, including removing CO2 from the air, and aiding adaptation  to climate change.

Equity and Inclusion for a net zero world

Pathways to achieving global net zero emissions must be framed by questions of equity and justice. A just transition to a net zero future needs to be inclusive not just of a range of actors, and their priorities, but also of a range of views, including in particular those relating to moral and ethical arguments on climate justice.

GREEN Recovery FROM COVID-19 for a net zero world

A green recovery from COVID-19 could accelerate GDP growth in the immediate future, establish new industries and jobs for the coming decade, and deliver a sustainable climate for the next century. 

LEARN MORE ABOUT NET ZERO

REACHING NET ZERO: OUR COURSE FOR PUBLIC SERVANTS

Oxford Net Zero and the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment’s new online course provides a comprehensive overview of net zero, including its challenges, while exploring how public servants can promote the transition to net zero.

GLOBAL YOUTH CLIMATE TRAINING

A collaboration between Oxford Net Zero and the Global Youth Coalition, giving youth the knowledge and tools to engage in the UNFCCC system. This programme is closed to applicants, but previous sessions can be watched online.

WHAT IS NET ZERO?

Net zero refers to a state in which the greenhouse gases going into the atmosphere are balanced by removal out of the atmosphere. But there’s more to it than that: explore related terms, key issues and challenges relating to net zero and how we can get it right.

Upcoming Events

Public Lecture: How the World Agreed on Net Zero by Prof Myles Allen
Public Lecture: How the World Agreed on Net Zero by Prof Myles Allen

Event date: May 23, 2023

Tuesday, 23 May 2023 – 18:00 Venue: Bernard’s Inn Hall and online The climate had a bad year in 2009. Talks collapsed. Emails were hacked. And several papers found even 50-80% reductions weren’t enough: we had to get to net zero. Yet Read more

Report launch: The State of Carbon Dioxide Removal
Report launch: The State of Carbon Dioxide Removal

Event date: January 19, 2023

Thu, 19 January 2023, 16:00 – 17:30 GMT, Online, Register here. Join us at the launch of a significant new report, The State of Carbon Dioxide Removal – a first-of-its kind, independent, scientific assessment, tracking the development of Carbon ... Read more

Webinar: Smith School COP27 Round Up
Webinar: Smith School COP27 Round Up

Event date: November 17, 2022

Thu, 17 November 2022, 11:30 – 12:30 GMT, Online, Register here. Our expert panel will share their highlights of COP27 and take stock of progress. They will address the most significant developments as well as identifying areas which missed out ... Read more

Public Lecture: The Atmospheric Physics Behind Net Zero by Prof Myles Allen
Public Lecture: The Atmospheric Physics Behind Net Zero by Prof Myles Allen

Event date: November 22, 2022

Tuesday, 22 Nov 2022, 18:00 Venue: David Game College & online (hybrid) Before net zero, climate policy was all about contraction and convergence of emissions between rich and poor to achieve, in the words of the Rio Convention, ... Read more

Webinar: Geological carbon storage: Barriers, (mis)conceptions and opportunities
Webinar: Geological carbon storage: Barriers, (mis)conceptions and opportunities

Event date: October 31, 2022

Mon, 31 October 2022, 16:00 – 17:00 GMT. Join experts as they discuss the technical, social and policy factors affecting the upscaling of geological carbon storage. Sign up on Eventbrite. In order to keep average global warming to less than 1.5 ... Read more

Webinar: The Path to Net Zero Integrity: From Voluntary Best Practice to Policy
Webinar: The Path to Net Zero Integrity: From Voluntary Best Practice to Policy

Event date: October 21, 2022

Fri, 21 October 2022, 14:00 – 15:30 BST. How can we drive ambition for net zero regulation? Join as experts discuss the key issues.   Sign up on Eventbrite. Corporate net zero commitments are on the rise. By the middle of this year, one in ... Read more

Latest news

Professor Myles Allen appointed Fellow of the Royal Society
Professor Myles Allen appointed Fellow of the Royal Society

Professor Myles Allen appointed Fellow of the Royal Society Read more

Oxford Net Zero is Hiring – Join as Fossil Fuel Fellow
Oxford Net Zero is Hiring – Join as Fossil Fuel Fellow

Oxford Net Zero has an exciting opening for a Research Fellow on Net Zero for the Fossil Fuel Sector and non-stipendiary Research Fellowship at Kellogg College. We are seeking to appoint a Research Fellow on Net Zero for the Fossil Fuel Sector ... Read more

ONZ Fellow Dr Conor Hickey awarded visiting fellowship at Harvard Business School
ONZ Fellow Dr Conor Hickey awarded visiting fellowship at Harvard Business School

Oxford Net Zero Research Fellow Dr Conor Hickey has today been announced as one of five ‘Business in Global Society’ Visiting Fellows at Harvard Business School’s Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society (BiGS). Dr Read more

Global Youth Climate Training Programme to launch in May 2023
Global Youth Climate Training Programme to launch in May 2023

Applications for the Global Youth Climate Training Programme to open in May 2023 Read more

Download Oxford Net Zero’s new Programme Summary
Download Oxford Net Zero’s new Programme Summary

Download Oxford Net Zero's new Programme Summary Read more

CO2 removal is essential, along with emissions cuts, to limit global warming – report
CO2 removal is essential, along with emissions cuts, to limit global warming – report

Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) from the atmosphere is crucial to limit global warming, in addition to rapid cuts to emissions - that is the stark conclusion of today’s first Oxford-led State of Carbon Dioxide Removal report. Read more

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