Achieving a net-zero EU heavy industry by 2050 is possible, claims new report
15 April 2019
25 April 2019 – A new report supported by the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) outlines multiple pathways for European energy-intensive industries to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, whilst remaining competitive at a global level.
Academic journal publishes CISL research on social impacts of transition to low carbon economies
11 April 2019
15 April 2019 – New research from CISL researchers Dr Sanna Markkanen and Dr Annela Anger-Kraavi, which draws on existing literature on the social co-impacts of climate change and implications for inequality, has been published in the academic journal Climate Policy.
How climate action is transforming the very fabric of business
18 December 2018
18 December 2018 – Karl Henrik Sundström is CEO of StoraEnso, a provider of renewable solutions in packaging, biomaterials, wood construction and paper and member of The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group. Here he reflects on the need for governments to publicly commit to net zero carbon emissions to lay down the indicators of success for businesses.
How can companies use their lobbying to drive a net zero future?
11 December 2018
12 December 2018 – Dylan Tanner, Executive Director and Co-Founder of InfluenceMap on the need for the companies to use their lobbying for good and drive change at the pace and scale required for a net zero future.
Will oil and gas companies survive action on climate change?
11 December 2018
12 December 2018 – Paul Gilding, environmental author and CISL Fellow, questions the future of the oil and gas industry in light of the major economic transformations required to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.
Climate change liability risk vastly underestimated by businesses
11 December 2018
12 December 2018 – This opinion piece is based on a speech Alice Garton, Senior Lawyer and Head of Climate Programme, ClientEarth, gave to the European Refining and Technology Conference in November 2018. It highlights the need for business leaders to understand the full potential of liability risk – alongside the more often discussed ‘physical risks’ and ‘transition risks’ – in driving the transition to a net zero economy.
Only an integrated approach to the global climate and conservation crises will be sufficient
11 December 2018
12 December 2018 – Tony Juniper, Executive Director for Advocacy and Campaigns, WWF-UK and CISL Fellow, reflects on the need to integrate climate action into our approach to food system and conservation efforts in order to achieve net zero by 2050.
Aiming for Zero: Long-term certainty for economic prosperity
6 November 2018
12 September 2018 – The Paris Agreement is a historic landmark for both international diplomacy and action on climate change. The Agreement sets out an ambition, and a framework, to limit climate change and global temperature rise to well below 2°C, with efforts to limit this to 1.5 °C. To be Paris compliant, and to have any hope of limiting temperature rise to 1.5 °C, it is clear from the latest science that global emissions must now fall to net-zero as early as possible in the second half of this century. For developed economies such as the EU’s, whose leadership is essential in this, the achievement of net zero emissions must therefore be by 2050 at the latest.
Aiming for Zero: Business leadership for a net zero economy
29 October 2018
Prompted by the Paris Agreement and the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at a faster pace, governments across the world are reviewing their initial ambitions, and looking at what is required to deliver on the goal of ‘net zero’ emissions. Achieving this goal requires further discussion, with...
How companies are preparing for a net zero future
29 October 2018
Hear from members of the Corporate Leaders Group about why they are aiming for a net zero future by 2050, how they plan to achieve this, and why they need the government to commit to this ambitious goal.
