Net zero
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.
Mexico’s new climate plan is worse than its old one, analysts say
Mexico, a country of 130 million, is one of only two G20 countries not to have set net zero emission targets
‘Toxic cover-up’: UN blasts oil majors’ fake net zero pledges
To make net zero claims, firms must stop investing in new fossil fuel production, a UN-appointed taskforce recommends
Copenhagen’s failure to meet 2025 net zero target casts doubt on other pledges
Copenhagen was the first city to launch a carbon neutrality plan in 2012, but has given up on its pledge due to a lack of CCS funding
Finland sets world’s most ambitious climate target in law
Finland’s goal to go net zero by 2035 and then carbon negative was based on equity as well as science, but it won’t be easy to reverse forest loss