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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...

Extended producer responsibility for fossil fuels

by Admin | Jan 12, 2023

Energy policy faces a triple challenge: increasing resilience and guaranteeing the security of supply of both fossil and non-fossil energy, minimising the impact on consumer energy prices, and retaining consistency with Paris Agreement climate goals. High prices and...

Prosets: a new financing instrument to deliver a durable net zero transition

by Admin | Sep 28, 2022

Interest in carbon offsetting is resurging among companies and institutions, but the vast majority of existing offerings fail to enable a credible transition to a durable net zero emission state. A clear definition of what makes an offsetting product “net zero...