700+ organizations are sending a clear message to our leaders gathered at #COP26: "No more far-off & empty #NetZero pledges. The time to commit to achieving #RealZero is NOW!"
Follow this thread to learn what are some of the key problems with the current #NetZero plans 🧵👇
Follow this thread to learn what are some of the key problems with the current #NetZero plans 🧵👇
1⃣ #NetZero = Avoid responsibility
The ‘net’ in Net Zero is being used by governments and industries to avoid responsibility for past, present, and future emissions and create a false sense of climate progress.
The ‘net’ in Net Zero is being used by governments and industries to avoid responsibility for past, present, and future emissions and create a false sense of climate progress.
2⃣ #NetZero = Ignore the urgent need for action
Net Zero by 2050 simply means a pledge that in 30 years’ time, governments will offset that year’s pollution – with no guarantee they will substantially cut emissions in the decades preceding.
Net Zero by 2050 simply means a pledge that in 30 years’ time, governments will offset that year’s pollution – with no guarantee they will substantially cut emissions in the decades preceding.
3⃣ #NetZero = Little more than a PR campaign
Polluting industries’ Net Zero plans are based on multiple myths and are little more than public relations campaigns.
Read more in @ciel_tweets' report: ciel.org/reports/too-ma…
Polluting industries’ Net Zero plans are based on multiple myths and are little more than public relations campaigns.
Read more in @ciel_tweets' report: ciel.org/reports/too-ma…
4⃣ #NetZero = Relies on distractions
#NetZero plans on assumptions that carbon offsets, tree plantations, bioenergy & dangerous distractions such as hydrogen and carbon capture and storage will somehow keep or take emissions out of the air after polluters have done their damage.
#NetZero plans on assumptions that carbon offsets, tree plantations, bioenergy & dangerous distractions such as hydrogen and carbon capture and storage will somehow keep or take emissions out of the air after polluters have done their damage.
“#NetZero” plans detract from the real plans and real solutions towards zero emissions that can immediately, truly, & justly address the #ClimateCrisis.
Read the statement: realsolutions-not-netzero.org and learn more about #RealZero on @Greenpeace webpage: greenpeace.org/international/…
Read the statement: realsolutions-not-netzero.org and learn more about #RealZero on @Greenpeace webpage: greenpeace.org/international/…
We demand global leaders and leading international institutions to commit to achieving real solutions, not #NetZero.
We need rapid and permanent solutions that do not rely on technofixes, geoengineering, carbon markets, or accounting tricks.
READ ⬇️⬇️
ciel.org/news/over-700-…
We need rapid and permanent solutions that do not rely on technofixes, geoengineering, carbon markets, or accounting tricks.
READ ⬇️⬇️
ciel.org/news/over-700-…
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