Tagged: Net-zero carbon emissions

Climate scientists: concept of net zero is a dangerous trap - The Changing Climate

Guest Author • Apr 24, 2021 •

• Climate,
• climate change,
• energy,
• Net-zero carbon emissions

James Dyke, University of Exeter; Robert Watson, University of East Anglia, and Wolfgang Knorr, Lund University Sometimes realisation comes in a blinding flash. Blurred outlines snap into shape and suddenly it all makes sense. Underneath such revelations is typically a much slower-dawning process. Doubts at the back of the mind grow. The sense of confusion that things cannot be made … Read More

Net-zero carbon emissions: a “massive economic boost”? - The Dismal Science

Michael Reddell • Aug 06, 2018 •

• climate change,
• economics,
• green economy,
• Net-zero carbon emissions

James Shaw, co-leader of the Green Party and Minister for Climate Change (surely Minister against it?), tells us he is working his way through 15000 submissions on the recent climate change consultation document.  I’ve done a couple of posts here on the document, and on the NZIER modelling used extensively in it, and I’ve chided both the Minister … Read More