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Investing for net zero - what’s needed to meet carbon neutral targets? - BNP Paribas Asset Management

2020 saw many countries setting targets to get to net-zero emissions, but their plans to reach those goals are what matters.

Posted on Mar 17, 2021

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... The last few years have seen a significant number of national emissions-reduction plans evolve from targeting a percentage reduction relative to 1990 levels to an absolute goal: aiming for net-zero emissions by around mid-century. In the case of the UK and the EU, their net-zero targets are now legally binding. The UK has set five-yearly carbon budgets and created an independent body to help ensure it gets there. Other countries also joined the ‘net-zero party’ in 2020, including South Korea and Japan, which have also set a target date of 2050, and most notably China, which aims for 2060.

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