by Helen Bunting | Oct 29, 2025
Countries must sharply reduce emissions and scale up carbon dioxide removal (CDR) to meet the temperature goal of the Paris Agreement, but the role of CDR in current pledges remains limited and lacks credibility. Only three G20 members submitted a new Nationally...
by Helen Bunting | Sep 23, 2025
To have a realistic chance of limiting global average temperature increase to 1.5°C with no or limited overshoot, the world must reach net zero carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the early 2050s, alongside rapid, deep, and sustained reductions in other greenhouse gas...
by Helen Bunting | Jul 21, 2025
Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) refers to activities that capture CO2 from the atmosphere and store it durably. There is a wide and growing range of CDR methods, including forestry, bioenergy with carbon capture and storage, direct air carbon capture and storage,...
by Helen Bunting | Sep 23, 2024
The Net Zero Tracker’s 2024 assessment of the intent and integrity of global climate commitments shows only a modest increase in net zero targets set by subnational governments (states and regions, and cities) in the past year. Some of this year’s key findings...
by Helen Bunting | Apr 22, 2024
New report from Net Zero Tracker Weighted by annual revenue, net zero targets now cover nearly 80% of the world’s largest 2,000 publicly listed companies, up from less than 20% in 2020. The integrity and clarity of these targets are weak, but voluntary target-setting...
