Environmental News Network - Oxford Climate Change Conference Ramps up Efforts to Achieve Net Zero Carbon Emissions

Details: By University of Oxford; 09.Sep

Community leaders will join academics from the University of Oxford and around the world at the Achieving Net Zero conference, 9-11 September, to discuss opportunities, challenges and pathways for reducing greenhouse gas emissions to limit global warming.

Cheryl Porter

Community leaders will join academics from the University of Oxford and around the world at the Achieving Net Zero conference, 9-11 September, to discuss opportunities, challenges and pathways for reducing greenhouse gas emissions to limit global warming.

Record-breaking heatwaves, Extinction Rebellion protests and the burning of the Amazon rainforest are just a few of this summer’s climate change-related headlines. It is clear that the UK government’s commitment to achieve net zero by 2050 is a much-needed effort in the global drive to avoid further catastrophic global warming. But how exactly can carbon emissions be reduced and what will the implications of this be – both for the UK, and on a global scale?

The Achieving Net Zero conference aims to close gaps in the scientific evidence and explore policy options to address these crucial questions. The international conference, co-hosted by the University of Oxford and Victoria University of Wellington, will bring together leading academics with policymakers, civil society actors and business leaders. Local speakers include Tom Hayes, Oxford City Council’s Cabinet Member for a Zero Carbon Oxford and Barbara Hammond MBE, the CEO of the Low Carbon Hub.

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Oxford Climate Change Conference Ramps up Efforts to Achieve Net Zero Carbon Emissions