S1 E2: Navigating Net Zero Narratives

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Countless companies, including fossil fuel companies, have pledged to achieve net zero emissions. This sounds like great news! But there’s more to the story. We’re talking about what net zero really means and how a company could actually get there while explaining the importance of the Science-Based Targets Initiative.
Show Notes:
2:00 The ⁠Carbon Accounting, Reporting, and Management Lab⁠ (CARML) at Northern Arizona University
8:12 2015 Paris Agreement, relevance to the history of net-zero targets, net-zero targets cover 91% of global economy: Net Zero: A short history
14:50 Net Zero Tracker
16:12 Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi)
20:03 The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC’s) special report, “Global Warming of 1.5 ºC”
21:21 SBTi policy on fossil fuel companies
26:21 article about the CO2 pipeline failure in Satartia, Mississippi: “The U.S. is expanding CO2 pipelines. One poisoned town wants you to know its story” from NPR
27:25 ExxonMobil highlighting enhanced oil recovery
27:35 Oxy and net-zero oil
31:05 Net Zero Tracker report Ross references
35:20 List (dashboard) of companies with net-zero targets that the SBTi has validated
35:40 CDP

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