What is net zero?

More than 50 countries around the world have pledged to become net zero. But what does net zero actually mean—and is it achievable?

[ChardonnayWest]

All videos pertaining to the subject of "net zero" should start with the fact that US does not have a target date for net zero.

[frogg]

I love how almost everyone talking about emissions shows stock images of cooling towers 🤣

[mirror]

My company says it "aspires to net zero by 2050", but has net zero plans to get there.

[TutorWindow]

Man made options are too small. We must use grasslands, forests, and kelp beds and plankton to remove carbon for us. They work 24/7/365 and don't ask for raises or need vacations. Nature: use it or lose.

[thetsoehtike]

net zero was the free dial up internet when I was in high school. lol

[m.goodengumman]

Why make rockets to land on the moon? We can not even solve the problems on the earth.😂

[BB-cfgx]

Net zero heat in your house, net zero food on the table. That's what net zero means.

[gauravayush]

Stop denying historic emmisions.. it's at the root of all forms of inequality across the world

[AKaktusA]

I find this video misleading: 95% of emissions have to be cut.
Carbon capture will be very expensive and can thus be only used for the last 5% of emissions we can't prevent. We can't simply carbon capture ourselves out of climate change.

[youtubeaccount]

We're not on path to either aspect of net zero

[AhmedKMoustafa]

You might need to explain Carbon Neutrality as well, because some sources are saying they are different

[atyshlmes]

for the average American or Western European to get to the COP21 targets, they'd need to cut their 10 ton emissions per year to just 2 tons. that doesn't go through radical lifestyle and system changes such as degrowth or collapse. but the Economist won't tell you that.

[richardwilde]

Net zero is when an airport plants trees to offset their emissions, then the forest the tree is in dries up due to climate change, and burns down, and then becomes a grassland or a desert. But the airport keeps the tree on its ledger still, it has "offset" the emissions.

[NotcoolNotcool]

Planting trees everywhere may not reduce the earth's temperature. Like if we plant trees in the sahara desert, there will be no rains in the Amazon forest and Indian subcontinent... There has to be deserts in that region to make the air flow.
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We don't know what works for the Nature, and what does not.
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All we can do is, not do too muchh carbonn emissions, and make life multi-planetary.

[saibamoe]

No, never. That's the realistic outlook.

[kennethkarlbriones]

What if we treat climate change like how we treat the covid pandemic?

[nighswimming]

It's unfeasible for the aviation industry to switch from jet fuel to renewables. But renewables can offset those emissions in the long run.

[vamsiacharya]

Any discussion on emissions without the mentioning of animal farming is incomplete. I'm disappointed with The Economist. Moreover, countries like India, even though they justify their emissions with "rich country, poor country" argument, they invest must more effort in climate initiatives than for example US does.

[KyleRutledge]

What about nuclear? I didn't hear mention of that and from what I've researched it seems like a very viable option to drastically cut carbon emissions. The Gates foundation has been investing in this for years and are onto some really big things

[johnwhite-qs]

Either a lot of us have to die without being replaced, or a lot of us have to go back to living like cavemen. In my opinion, there’s only one way out of this mess and it’s going to be the hard way