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...
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...
This report outlines how companies considered sustainability leaders, at the forefront of net- zero ambition, are defining and managing their Scope 3 emissions, and using credits, sinks, offsets, and insets to compensate emissions or complement their climate...
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...
Commitments to net zero carbon emissions are growing. More will be needed, but the immediate challenge now is to start implementing what has been pledged. This commentary highlights five strategic interventions that can help to unlock the systemic changes that net...