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4 - Corporate Net-Zero-Carbon Transitions

from Part II - Net-Zero-Carbon Transitions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2023

Jay S. Golden
Jay S. Golden
Affiliation:
Syracuse University, New York
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Summary

Corporations around the globe are committing to a net-zerocarbon transition. This chapter explains what that means and the pathways and tools being used to achieve this goal.

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net-zero carbonSecurities and Exchange Commissionscience-based targetsscope 123 emissionscarbon credits
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Dynamic Sustainability
Implications for Policy, Markets and National Security
 , pp. 43 - 58
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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