Post by sweetpea33 on Jan 24, 2024 23:42:22 GMT -6
Net-zero deforestation is complicated since there is a lot we don’t know about how human activity affects the forest’s abilities to absorb or emit carbon. For example, if a company relies on reforestation to meet its net-zero deforestation commitment, that means that the company is disturbing soil or converting forests elsewhere. The company may have calculated the amount of reforestation using dated (and now inaccurate) carbon sequestration estimates or they may have failed to address related issues, like biodiversity. As investors, we encourage companies with net-zero deforestation commitments to keep up with the science.
About greenhouse gas emissions. How do you explain these terms to investors? Gorte: Net-zero emissions is where we absolutely need to Email List get to by 2050. Net-zero emissions means that we are not emitting anything to the atmosphere that we are not also sequestering. One way to do this is to have zero emissions. At this stage, zero emissions is extremely tough to do, so net-zero emissions is the common 2050 goal.
To get to net-zero emissions, we must cut as many emissions as possible and then we need to make up for remaining emissions. One way for companies to address remaining emissions is through purchasing carbon offsets, which are emissions reductions or carbon sequestration accomplished by someone else. When companies want to purchase carbon offsets, we ask that the carbon offsets be certified and verified, which increases certainty in the permanence and viability of the emissions reductions or carbon that is being sequestered. Another way that companies aim to get to net-zero emissions is through carbon capture and storage technologies, which prevent greenhouse gas emissions from entering the atmosphere.
About greenhouse gas emissions. How do you explain these terms to investors? Gorte: Net-zero emissions is where we absolutely need to Email List get to by 2050. Net-zero emissions means that we are not emitting anything to the atmosphere that we are not also sequestering. One way to do this is to have zero emissions. At this stage, zero emissions is extremely tough to do, so net-zero emissions is the common 2050 goal.
To get to net-zero emissions, we must cut as many emissions as possible and then we need to make up for remaining emissions. One way for companies to address remaining emissions is through purchasing carbon offsets, which are emissions reductions or carbon sequestration accomplished by someone else. When companies want to purchase carbon offsets, we ask that the carbon offsets be certified and verified, which increases certainty in the permanence and viability of the emissions reductions or carbon that is being sequestered. Another way that companies aim to get to net-zero emissions is through carbon capture and storage technologies, which prevent greenhouse gas emissions from entering the atmosphere.