COP26 and Net Zero
Real Solutions, Not Net Zero 700+ Groups Signed this Statement
Real plans, real solutions, real finance, and Real Zero for an urgent just transition. More than 700 groups globally, including multiple CLARA members, join in a solidarity statement demanding “real plans” at COP 26 to bring emissions and fossil fuel production down to Real Zero.
“These plans must be based on real transformation, backed by real resources, and implemented with the real urgency demanded by the current crises.”
Real Solutions, Not 'Net Zero'
Press Release: Over 700 Civil Society Groups Demand Real Climate Solutions Not Net-Zero Promises — Real Solutions, Not 'Net Zero'
Fighting Net Zero at COP26
Offsets don’t stop climate change
From Amazon Watch and 170+ other groups
https://amazonwatch.org/news/2021/1006-statement-offsets-dont-stop-climate-change
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Friends of the Earth-US: ‘Net Zero is a Dangerous Distraction’
https://foe.org/news/350-groups-condemn-net-zero/
2021.10.27-Net-Zero-Is-A-Dangerous-Distraction-NGO-letter-final.pdf (foe.org)
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Rainforest Foundation UK, CLARA members, other groups – open letter to COP26 Presidency (U.K.)
https://www.rainforestfoundationuk.org/press-release-open-letter-to-the-cop26-presidency
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OXFAM released this 28 October statement about fossil fuel subsidy repeal and an end to climate change denialism. This in relation to hearings in the U.S. Congress about ‘Build Back Better’:
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FoE International position statement on Nature Based Solutions
Nature Based Solutions: A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
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A Like Minded Developing Countries statement from 18 October 2021 claims that “major developed countries are now pushing to shift the goal posts of the Paris Agreement from what have already been agreed by calling for all countries to adopt net-zero targets by 2050.”
Taking on Net Zero
Net Zero Not Zero
The Big Con
Tightening the Net
Chasing Carbon Unicorns
Tools for tracking net zero commitments
Climate Analytics and NewClimate Institute have collaborated on a climate action tracker rating forty countries on the sufficiency of their climate pledges and policies. A new tool evaluates the net zero targets of Parties [countries], and the introduction provides a very clear explanation of the challenges.
World Resource Institute [WRI]’s Climate Watch website assembles an enormous amount of information on Party [country] NDCs, and now features a tool for tracking net zero commitments through NDCs or high-level political pledge.
Oxford Net Zero and the UK advisory body Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) carried out a global survey of major emitters, big cities, and all companies in the Forbes Global 2000 list – a total of more than 4,000 entities in all. See the website and metrics here.
The MSCI Net-Zero Tracker communicates to investors on climate risk using a ‘net zero’ set of assumptions about remaining carbon budgets. The Tracker includes a precise estimate of the time remaining before companies blow through the entirety of the remaining carbon budget to 1.5°C.