Net zero targets must become a reality to keep Paris temperature goals live
Published on June 12, 2023
- A world-leading database, maintained by Oxford volunteers, sheds light on the integrity of net zero commitments
- Governments representing 88% of global emissions and 92% of GDP have pledged to reach net zero
- Below the national level, however, 41% of states and regions do not have any emission targets. Fewer than half of US companies have net zero targets
- 67% of fossil fuel firms and 71% of power generators have net zero commitments .