The Opportunity to Establish a Geological Net Zero Pathway in Revised NDCs

Published: November 18, 2023

Written by Ingrid Sundvor, Injy Johnstone, Myles Allen and Stuart Jenkins.

This briefing explores how governments can course-correct their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and Long-Term Low-Emission Development Strategies (LT-LEDS) to align with a Geological Net Zero pathway to limit global warming. It highlights the misapplication of current net zero definitions and proposes actionable recommendations for NDC updates, including tracking and achieving meaningful geologically-timescaled CO2 removals. The Nature publication behind this brief is accessible here.