Targets that are easier set than done
The Economist
Jul 30th 2021
Companies, countries and even celebrities have started setting “net zero” targets to combat climate change.
Theoretically, the concept is simple-balance greenhouse gas removal with greenhouse gas emissions, so that the overall net emissions are zero.
Yet with no real global consensus as to who is responsible for emissions, and with new technologies to offset carbon in their infancy, achieving net zero will prove to be a Herculean task.
Originally published at https://www.economist.com on July 30, 2021.
