Net Zero Stocktake: 80 per cent of the world's population now covered by national decarbonisation goals

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Net Zero Stocktake: 80 per cent of the world's population now covered by national decarbonisation goals

But the volume and robustness of targets set by non-state actors remains 'alarmingly weak', according to the latest edition of the Net Zero Tracker

More than a third of world's largest publicly traded companies now have net zero targets, up from one-fifth in December 2020, according to a global stocktake of net zero commitments from the Net Zero Tracker...

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