Carbon offsetting Archives - Net Zero Climate

Geological Net Zero and the need for disaggregated accounting for carbon sinks

by Helen Bunting | Nov 18, 2024

Achieving net zero global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), with declining emissions of other greenhouse gases, is widely expected to halt global warming. Warming will continue, however, until all residual CO2 emissions are balanced by active anthropogenic CO2...

Geologically Balanced Fuels: a net zero goal for Low-Carbon Aviation Fuels?

by Helen Bunting | Sep 23, 2024

Geologically Balanced Fuels (GBFs) offer the aviation sector a flightpath to net zero. They complement existing strategies centred around efficiency improvements and technology switching, offset credits, and Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) blending. A GBF is a...

Addressing the Scope 3 Challenge – a workshop briefing from researchers working on corporate climate action and governance

by Helen Bunting | Sep 3, 2024

The Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) is the largest validator of corporate net-zero targets, representing nearly 40% of the global economy by market capitalisation, through assessment against its Corporate Net Zero Standard. In April 2024, the Board of SBTi...

Oxford Principles for Net Zero Aligned Carbon Offsetting (revised 2024)

by Admin | Feb 27, 2024

Since the initial publication of the Principles in 2020, there has been growing interest in aligning organisational and offsetting strategies with net zero. Despite this, evidence continues to cast doubt on the integrity of many carbon credits used for offsetting, and...

The meaning of net zero and how to get it right

by Admin | Aug 1, 2023

The concept of net-zero carbon emissions has emerged from physical climate science. However, it is operationalized through social, political and economic systems. We identify seven attributes of net zero, which are important to make it a successful framework for...