Seminar Series: The Reality of Net Zero

Event date: January 22, 2025

Starting in January 2025, Oxford Net Zero, the ZERO Institute and OxEARTH will jointly host an online seminar series entitled “The Reality of Net Zero”. Academics from the three institutions will give talks on why we need net zero, what progress we have made (and not made), and what it will take to get there in a sustainable, durable and equitable way. Each seminar will have time for audience questions.

The series will run for eight weeks and will cover the architecture of net zero – science, international law, governance and energy systems. Interwoven with these will be solutions from different disciplines, including carbon dioxide removal, batteries and nature-based solutions.

Seminars will take place online on Wednesdays from 12–1pm UK time (apart from the 5 March seminar, which will run from 11am to 12pm). The first seminar is scheduled for 22 January 2025. See below for details of the full series.

Please register for the seminar(s) you would like to attend using the link(s) below. Once registered, you will receive a calendar invitation and joining link. Please contact netzero@ouce.ox.ac.uk with any questions. We look forward to having you with us!

22 January 2025
Net Zero from a Planetary Perspective
Professor Myles Allen and Alexis McGivern
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29 January 2025
Getting Net Zero Right: The Role of International Law
Professor Lavanya Rajamani and Ewan White
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5 February 2025
Zero Carbon Energy Systems – the Heavy Lifting for Net Zero
Professor Nick Eyre and Dr Radhika Khosla
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12 February 2025
Net Zero from Scientific Concept to Policy and Practice
Alexis McGivern, Kaya Axelsson and Dr Matilda Becker
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19 February 2025
Removing CO2 from the Air: the Net in Net Zero
Dr Steve Smith
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26 February 2025
Equitable Access to the Natural Resources Needed to Achieve Net Zero
Professor Mike Kendall
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5 March 2025
Battery Energy Storage in Low Carbon Grids
Professor Paul Shearing
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12 March 2025
Net Zero Needs Nature and Nature Needs Net Zero
Speakers from the Nature-based Solutions Initiative
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