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The shift to a zero-carbon future is underway. It is creating good jobs, driving sustainable growth, building resilience, protecting people’s health and building a better future for us all. This platform tells stories of progress, from across the planet, being delivered by business, governments, cities, civil society, faith groups and more.

Together they show, if we pick up the pace, that this is a race we can win. Stories come from the coalition of net-zero initiatives that make up the UNFCCC’s Race to Zero Campaign, and beyond, built on a platform conceived and developed by the We Mean Business coalition.

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Economy

Kicking off Race to Zero Dialogues

Rapid breakthroughs are pushing eight key sectors closer to the tipping points necessary to reach zero emissions by 2050 and avert the worst impacts of climate change, according to the Climate Action Pathways.

  • Just Transition
  • Pioneers
  • Policy
  • Technology
Photo: Jimmy Baikovicius
Cities

Keeping cities cool as the planet warms

Cities around the world are looking to innovative solutions to combat rising temperatures in urban centres, as a way to improve health, save lives and reduce dependence on electrified air conditioning.

  • Challenges
  • Demand
  • Pioneers
  • Technology
Cities

The construction sector can pave the way for a green economic recovery

We need to build our way out of the social and financial crisis provoked by COVID-19, without losing sight of our net-zero targets.

  • Challenges
  • Investment
  • Supply
  • Technology
Industry

Now is the time to decarbonize steelmaking

At this critical juncture, we must speed up collaboration and accelerate the transition towards a responsible, net zero steel industry.

  • Business Action
  • Challenges
  • Demand
  • Supply
Economy

The gates are open for small and medium-sized businesses to join the Race to Zero

The science is clear – in order to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, we must halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Business of every size, sector and geography has a role to play if we are to achieve our collective goals. 

  • Business Action
People

The Future We Choose

What we do today will impact the type of world that future generations inherit. We have the power to create a world that is healthier and more resilient.

  • Culture
  • Just Transition
Energy

How a just transition can speed the race to net zero

If there’s one thing that the brutality of the COVID pandemic has taught us, it’s the importance of shared endeavour in the face of a disruptive shock.

  • Just Transition
Economy

The climate and Covid-19 emergencies demand more urgency

Covid-19 and climate emergencies demand huge political leadership, massive investment and clear corporate strategy. But we are beginning to see real evidence of a mutually sustaining loop of pressure between politicians, CEOs and the world of finance.

  • Business Action
  • Investment
  • Pioneers
  • Policy
Energy

Why homegrown renewables are taking over

More and more companies are starting to become power generators by installing their own renewable energy systems on-site.

  • Business Action
  • Demand
  • Supply
  • Technology
Land Use

A new recipe for corporate sustainable agriculture

Companies with large agricultural supply chains can do something about the water crisis by joining the Ceres-WWF AgWater Challenge.

  • Culture
  • Pioneers
  • Supply
  • Technology
Industry

Heavy Industry leaders build momentum with bold climate ambition

A growing number of companies from the harder-to-abate industrial sectors are demonstrating that the transition to a zero-carbon economy is building momentum.  

  • Business Action
  • Technology
Land Use

Who says beef has to come from cows?

Innovative alternatives to meat products are springing up and being welcomed by consumers, while helping to cut emissions from the food sector.

  • Culture
  • Demand
  • Investment
  • Pioneers
  • Technology
Transport

The catalytic potential of fleet electrification

The electric fleet market is rapidly moving into the fast lane, as the environmental and running cost benefits of EVs become obvious and concerns over range and reliability start to recede.

  • Business Action
  • Culture
  • Demand
  • Technology
Transport

A sea-change in shipping?

Seaborne freight is one of the more challenging sectors to decarbonize, but ambition is accelerating in the race to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.

  • Challenges
  • Pioneers
  • Supply
  • Technology
Economy

Accelerating Net Zero

The number of net-zero pledges has roughly doubled in less than a year, reveals new report from Data-Driven EnviroLab & NewClimate Institute. 

  • Business Action
  • Pioneers
  • Policy
Industry

Tackling the plastic challenge

An increasing number of consumer brands are responding to the challenge of decarbonizing plastics and packaging.

  • Challenges
  • Pioneers
  • Supply
  • Technology
Cities

A tale of two cities tackling climate change

In the wake of recent protests against racism globally, now more than ever, citizens’ concern for social and climate justice is burgeoning.

  • Business Action
  • Culture
  • Investment
  • Policy
Economy

The new normal: 1,000 companies aligned with science

Nearly five years after the Paris Agreement, and amidst the major disruptions and urgent challenges of COVID-19, we’ve welcomed the 1,000th company to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).

  • Business Action
  • Demand
  • Pioneers
Transport

BMW committed to bold climate action

Germany’s BMW Group is one of the latest global car maker to commit to setting a science-based target, through the Science Based Target initiative.

  • Business Action
  • Pioneers
  • Supply
  • Technology
Energy

Green energy for your company’s net-zero path

By choosing renewable energy, companies can curb their greenhouse gas emissions and help tackle the climate emergency.

  • Business Action
  • Investment
  • Pioneers
  • Supply
Transport

Businesses and states speed to an EV future

Businesses and local and state governments are developing new policies to help businesses switch and meet their EV goals.

  • Business Action
  • Demand
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