Drowning in confusion: negative emissions technologies and carbon offsetting
Channel: Scientists for Global Responsibility
Date: 2022-10-20

Companies are increasingly making claims about being, or aiming for, 'carbon neutral' or 'net zero carbon' but these claims are of very variable quality. Carbon negative technologies will be needed for us to get to net zero but their capacity is very limited and they can't be a replacement for companies moving rapidly away from fossil fuels. Many companies’ emissions reduction plans are beset with loopholes, cheating and bad practice.

Josie Wexler is a researcher and writer for Ethical Consumer magazine. She studied Environmental Technology at Imperial College London. She was joint author of the Zero Carbon Britain 2030 report at the Centre for Alternative Technology, which looked at how fast Britain could theoretically decarbonise the UK, modelling the energy, transport, land, industry and building sectors.