Net zero Archives

Mar 19, 2025

Canada’s new leader culls carbon tax seen as burden on voters

Mark Carney – who has a track record on climate action as a central banker and UN envoy – ends levy and plans green incentives for the public, with industrial emitters expected to do the heavy lifting

Feb 19, 2025

Finance

The world’s biggest climate finance coalition is in crisis. Is it worth saving?

After big North American banks exited the net zero alliance, remaining members weigh up future options amid lacklustre real-world impact

May 7, 2025

Is electrification a no-brainer in the race to net-zero?

Switching to electricity in homes and on the road is a relatively painless way to cut emissions, but few countries have a holistic approach to going electric

Jan 31, 2025

Carbon markets

Shell dodges paying compensation for sham carbon credits in China

The energy giant exited the failed projects after Verra asked for redress, but a legal expert says Shell should be held responsible

Jan 17, 2025

Comment

Wall Street’s faltering on climate action opens up opportunity for European banks

With major US banks out of net zero alliance, European members should push to raise its ambition and turn words into action

Dec 13, 2024

Energy

Canada ignores official advice in setting much-criticised 2035 emissions target

While the Net Zero Advisory Body recommended a 50-55% cut in emissions, the government settled for a weaker 45-50% range

Sep 12, 2024

Energy

British Airways plans to offset rising emissions by sprinkling crushed rocks

The airline will pay a UK company to carry out enhanced rock weathering, which speeds up natural carbon-absorbing processes

Apr 11, 2024

Carbon markets

SBTi needs tighter rules on companies’ indirect emissions

Businesses are not required to cut all their value chain emissions in line with a 1.5C warming limit – and allowing offsetting could weaken efforts further

Apr 5, 2024

Comment

Nigeria’s path to net zero should be fully lined with trees – and fairness

To meet its pledge of net zero by 2060, Nigeria needs to rein in emissions from deforestation and land use, which equal those from the oil and gas sector

Sep 11, 2023

How can we create the net zero buildings of tomorrow?

Cutting carbon emissions from buildings can be made easier with simple, energy efficiency measures.

Aug 22, 2023

Energy

Germany set to miss net zero by 2045 target as climate efforts falter

Germany, Europe’s largest economy, is failing to cut emissions in the transport and building sector, a report by government climate advisers shows.

Jul 13, 2023

Energy

With corporate climate cheats on the chopping block, net zero is growing up

The definition of net zero is becoming clearer and corporate greenwashing is becoming harder to get away with

May 12, 2023

Energy

Cop28 moots oil and gas initiative despite greenwash accusations

Critics say a focus on just the emissions from producing oil and gas not consuming it is a distraction and that similar initatives have not worked

Jan 31, 2023

Energy

Taiwan’s failure to clean up industry endangers its net zero pledge

Comment: Taiwan’s industry is responsible for more than half of its emissions but the government’s new climate policies have no specific plan to tackle them.