'You can't negotiate with science': Drafting the seven commandments of net zero

Michael Holder
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Net zero is intrinsically a scientific concept, and the world therefore has to make it work, the paper argues
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Net zero is intrinsically a scientific concept, and the world therefore has to make it work, the paper argues

Was 2021 the year that 'net zero' went mainstream? The concept has certainly enjoyed a remarkable rise in prominance over the past couple of years. It was only in summer 2019 that the UK set what was...

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