Organization:Carbon Neutrality Coalition

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Carbon Neutrality Coalition
Formation12 December 2017; 6 years ago (2017-12-12):[1]
TypeInternational environmental organization
Region served
Worldwide
Membership
www.carbon-neutrality.global/members/
Websitewww.carbon-neutrality.global

The Carbon Neutrality Coalition (CNC) is a group of countries, cities and organisations which have committed to take concrete and ambitious action to achieve the aims of the Paris Agreement.[2][3][4]

History

The Carbon Neutrality Coalition (CNC) was founded in 2017 by 16 countries and 32 cities,[1] inspired by Bhutan.[5] In December, New Zealand Climate Change Minister James Shaw said "The Coalition is a perfect fit with our goal of becoming a net zero emission economy by 2050"[6]

In September 2018 the Coalition held its first meeting at the UN General Assembly[3] and 4 new countries joined: the UK; Canada ; Denmark and Spain .[7][8][4][9][10][11]

In September 2019 at the UN Climate Summit, it was announced that 5 new countries were joining the coalition: Austria, Chile , Italy, Japan and Timor-Leste[12].

Benefits

The coalition aims to achieve benefits in 3 key areas:[3]

  • Socioeconomic benefits
  • Climate-resilient economies
  • Accelerating global climate action

Plan of Action

Coalition members agree to

  • Develop and share their de-carbonisation strategies, experiences, data and tools before 2020[2]
  • Promote increased ambition from all countries globally on reducing emissions[2]

Criticism

In July 2019 a World Economic Forum blog said a number of member nations haven't made any substantial carbon neutrality steps[13].

Members

The country members of the Carbon Neutrality Coalition are[14]

  •  Austria
  •  Canada
  •  Chile
  •  Costa Rica
  •  Colombia
  •  Denmark
  •  Ethiopia
  •  Fiji
  •  Finland
  •  France
  •  Germany
  •  Iceland
  •  Ireland
  •  Italy
  •  Japan
  •  Luxembourg
  •  Marshall Islands
  •  Mexico
  •  Monaco
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  •  New Zealand
  •  Norway
  •  Portugal
  •  South Korea
  •  Spain
  •  Sweden
  •   Switzerland
  •  Timor-Leste
  •  United Kingdom

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "One Planet Summit: Transformational Commitments". 2017-12-14. https://resilienceintel.org/2017/12/14/one-planet-summit-12-transformational-commitments/. Retrieved 29 September 2018. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Carbon Neutrality Coalition for net-zero emissions expands to 19 countries". 2018-09-28. http://constructionclimatechallenge.com/2018/09/28/carbon-neutrality-coalition-net-zero-emissions-expands-19-countries/. Retrieved 29 September 2018. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Carbon Neutrality Coalition Convenes Inaugural Meeting, Welcomes New Members". http://sdg.iisd.org/news/carbon-neutrality-coalition-convenes-inaugural-meeting-welcomes-new-members/. Retrieved 24 November 2018. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Policy & regulation UK joins worldwide coalition for 'net zero' emissions target". https://utilityweek.co.uk/uk-joins-worldwide-coalition-for-net-zero-emissions-target/. Retrieved 24 November 2018. 
  5. "Bhutan, the world's only carbon negative country". Los Angeles Times. 10 January 2020. https://highschool.latimes.com/la-canada-high-school/bhutan-the-worlds-only-carbon-negative-country/. 
  6. "Clear message on clean energy at OnePlanet Summit". https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/clear-message-clean-energy-oneplanet-summit. Retrieved 24 November 2018. 
  7. "19 countries team up to go carbon neutral". 2018-09-28. http://www.climatechangenews.com/2018/09/28/19-countries-team-go-carbon-neutral/. Retrieved 29 September 2018. 
  8. "Net Zero: UK joins global 'carbon neutral' drive". 2018-09-27. https://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/3063559/net-zero-uk-joins-global-carbon-neutral-drive/. Retrieved 29 September 2018. 
  9. "Pedro Sánchez announces that Spain will sign up to the carbon neutrality coalition as expression of its commitment in fight against climate change". http://www.lamoncloa.gob.es/lang/en/presidente/news/Paginas/2018/20180926-bloomberg.aspx. Retrieved 24 November 2018. 
  10. "UK commits to Carbon Neutrality Coalition to deliver net-zero emissions". https://www.edie.net/news/11/UK-commits-to-Carbon-Neutrality-Coalition-to-deliver-net-zero-emissions/. Retrieved 21 January 2020. 
  11. "What does 1.5C mean in a warming world?". https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-45678338. Retrieved 21 January 2020. 
  12. "UN climate summit, day #2". https://www.euractiv.com/section/climate-environment/news/un-climate-summit-day-2-few-announcements-in-the-end-how-dare-you/. Retrieved 21 January 2020. 
  13. "Zero by 2050: How the world's economy has planned to battle climate change". https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/07/zero-emissions-target-climate-change-impact/. Retrieved 21 January 2020. 
  14. "Members of the Carbon Neutrality Coalition". https://www.carbon-neutrality.global/members/. Retrieved 21 January 2020.