Road map to decarbonization: safe bets versus greenwashing

As Canada searches for its own path towards net zero, let us not be swayed by siren songs of greenwashing.

Global net zero means all human-induced emissions are absorbed by human-induced sinks, which means it can be achieved through eliminating or reducing emissions at the source and/or absorbing emissions. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Opinion

BY ISG SENATOR ROSA GALVEZ

March 10, 2021

Since the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's special report, which stated that to limit the global temperature increase to 1.5 C global emissions would need to reach net zero by 2050, a number of countries, including Canada, and companies have made net-zero commitments. But what lies withi...

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