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Is 'net zero' much ado about nothing?

GreenBiz

According to one telling , a group of female climate leaders met at a Scottish estate in 2013 to discuss bold climate goals that could be enacted two years later in Paris. After a heated debate, they agreed that the goal should be to pursue net zero by midcentury.

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Decarbonization Pathways for Paraguay's Energy Sector

Sustainable Development Network

The resulting report—available in both English and Spanish—provides a set of recommendations for Paraguay to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and meet its commitments made under the Paris Agreement.

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

Carlos Sanchez

Notice that compliance and voluntary carbon markets have interlinked movements, as seen in the 2013 drop in both voluntary and compliance credits. In Voluntary carbon offset markets, offsets are used at the companies discretion, and the market size in 2021 is expected to hit $1 billion. “People respond to incentives.”

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

The company, an early partner with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has positioned water and carbon emissions as equally critical in the climate crisis. Last year, Ecolab set a goal for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, getting halfway there by 2030. After joining Levi’s in 2013, Singh visited its factories in Turkey and India.

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Pulling Hanoi from the pollution precipice

Eco-Business

Hanoi’s extreme air pollution is a roadblock to healthy living and to Vietnam’s ambitious agenda of attaining living standards consonant with high-income status by 2045, and net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Chinese cities have demonstrated that GHG reduction strategies tackle both particulate and carbon emissions.

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