Scientifically, the need for Net Zero emissions of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) is a consequence of the near-linear relationship between cumulative emissions of CO2 and global mean warming above pre-industrial levels (Allen et al., 2009, Meinshausen et al., 2009, Matthews et al., 2009), which emphatically demonstrated that the warming won’t stop until the emissions of CO2 stop. It is an idea that has...
