“You can’t get to those kinds of ambitious emissions targets without getting to work now,” said Kim Cobb, a climate scientist at Georgia Institute of Technology. They are climate consequences that have already arrived but could be limited, depending on what governments and businesses do next. The list of companies pledging net-zero emissions by 2050 includes European oil majors BP and Shell, American Airlines, cement maker Cemex and food giant Nestle. (Noah Berger / Associated Press)To Jonathan Foley, a climate scientist who leads Project Drawdown, there are two problems with net-zero goals. Unless companies can start cutting emissions now, climate advocates will be skeptical of 2050 pledges.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 10, 2021 01:30 UTC