According to the website Climate Watch, 100 nations have pledged to reach carbon neutrality by a certain year - that is almost exactly half of the world's countries. The climate conference COP29 that kicks off today in Baku, Azerbaijan, might now give countries the opportunity to publish new goals or update existing ones. Besides sharing and updating climate goals, the conference will also be about climate finance. A major objective is do increase contributions to climate change mitigation, typically paid by richer countries to poorer ones.
Leading the road to net zero among bigger nations is Finland, which aims to become carbon neutral by 2035. In Europe, Iceland is also looking to reach net zero early, by 2040, while Germany and Sweden pushing the date for carbon neutrality to 2045. Outside of Europe, those pushing for an early carbon neutrality include Mauritania (2030) and Nepal (2045).
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No, I don't believe that will happen and I don't think it should happen, either.
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I understand that it's difficult and can't be done at any cost, but I don't understand why you say it shouldn't happen.
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I'm not convinced CO2 is net harmful and it is a necessary byproduct of economic growth.
Poverty alleviation is overwhelmingly more important than CO2 reduction.
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Its a novel idea. Reducing our emissions and working towards a more efficient way of using energy is important for the future. Unless we are able to use thermal energy, l think reaching net zero will be very hard.
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No, it's a scam. Will go away in the next few years.
Nobody cares.
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Is the earth in its natural state even net zero? I don't even know. Apparently they tell me that cow burps produce toxic GHGs
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