by Admin | Oct 19, 2021 | Blog, In The News, Press Releases
The government has today (19 October) released its Net Zero Strategy, setting out policies and proposals for decarbonising all sectors of the UK economy to meet the UK’s net zero target by 2050. Our academic experts at Oxford Net Zero have been responding to the...
by Admin | Oct 13, 2021 | Blog, In The News
By Dr Steve Smith, originally published by University of Oxford news on 23 September 2021. Photo: Climeworks. The Orca plant in Iceland. Dr Steve Smith is executive director of the Oxford Net Zero Initiative and the CO2RE hub, which is focussed on greenhouse gas...
by Admin | Jun 16, 2021 | In The News
By Myles Allen. Originally published on The Conversation, 15 June 2021. Featured image: /Getty The four-day G7 summit in Cornwall ended with little cause for celebration from anyone worried about climate change. Most of the pledges that emerged were relatively old...
by Admin | Jun 5, 2021 | In The News
By Tim Kruger. Originally published on The Conversation, 4 June 2021. Featured image: Christian Roberts-Olsen/Shutterstock Carbon dioxide, once emitted into the atmosphere, stays there for hundreds of years. When someone uses an offset to counteract emissions they...
by Admin | Nov 19, 2020 | In The News
By Steve Smith and Tim Kruger. Originally published on The Conversation, 4 June 2021. Featured image: Olivier Le Moal/Shutterstock The last 12 months have been marked by the misery of the pandemic and the accompanying economic contraction. But for 2021 there are...