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Shifting the Burden of Proof: Why It's Now On the Fossil Fuel Industry to Defend Itself

3BL Media

Heck, it didn’t even seem to be enough in 2013 when John Cook and other researchers determined that 97.1% When you compare those costs (and the long-term savings they will yield in the form of a more efficient global economy) against the costs of inaction, they show a clear choice. " #blog [link]. KEYWORDS: Ray C.

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Analyzing Carbon Offset Markets’ role in our journey to a net-zero world

Carlos Sanchez

In particular, we need to reduce 23 Gigatonnes by 2030 from the current 41 Gt emitted per year and achieve net-zero by 2050. In this context, several countries and companies have taken up the challenge, and currently, 90% of the global economy and a third of the 2,000 largest companies have net-zero pledges.