Beyond the Net Zero Pledges: Do they Still Matter?
The Emmett Institute welcomes Catherine McKenna, former minister of environment and climate change for Canada, in conversation with Distinguished Counsel Mary Nichols
Wednesday, January 22, 2025 to Wednesday, January 22, 202512:15 PM - 1:30 PM
CANADIAN STUDIES CO-SPONSORED EVENT
Beyond the Net Zero Pledges: Do they Still Matter?
Many businesses, institutions, cities, and regions have pledged to reach net-zero emissions within a few decades. But accountability has always been a challenge and it’s one made more difficult by recent political backsliding around the globe. What’s the path forward for sticking to credible benchmarks? Is there a role for carbon offsets and voluntary carbon markets?
We’ll hear from Catherine McKenna, CEO of Climate and Nature Solutions and chair of the United Nations high-level expert group on net zero emissions commitments of non-state entities. McKenna served as Canada’s minister of environment and climate change from 2015 to 2019 and minister of infrastructure and communities from 2019 to 2021.
McKenna is a visiting scholar to the UCLA Emmett Institute. She’ll be joined in conversation with Distinguished Counsel Mary Nichols, former chair of the California Air Resources Board, and also a member of the UN high-level expert group on net zero emissions commitments.
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Sponsor(s): Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment