Climate Politics
Corporate Net-Zero Goals Don’t Add Up to a Net-Zero Planet
For companies, the focus on traditional carbon accounting is a convenient distraction.
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More than 5,200 businesses have pledged to cut their greenhouse gas pollution to zero by 2050, or reach “net zero” by canceling out emissions with forestry or other projects that remove CO₂ from the air. They include some of the world’s biggest companies across all sectors: Apple, Zurich Insurance, P&G, General Motors, and so on.