The Road to Net-Zero in the Context of a Clean and Resilient Recovery

Net-zero target. The UK was the first major industrialized country to set a net-zero target for 2050. This was a major theme of COP 26 and, we believe, of UNFCCC climate action going forward. We contributed to a discussion and:

• Raised awareness about the benefit and methodology for setting a net-zero target, including the political, practical and economic considerations
• Cooperated with Singapore and/or other Asian countries who have/are preparing a net-zero target to disseminate the lessons from their experience
• Showcased UK tools to support target setting and monitoring such as our 2050
• Calculator, a tool developed in the UK (and rolled out in a number of Asian countries already) to explore the options for reducing GHG emissions in their country, and the impact of climate change associated with them.