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We want to get to net zero by 2050 not 2030. At the current growth of 2-3% per year plus some acceleration we might get there.



We want to get to net zero by 2020, not 2030 or 2050, we just say 2050 because it's way too late to do 2030, let alone 2020


If you plan to hyperbole it, then say 1990. The plan is 2050.


That's the power sector which is less than half of emissions, and it's the most easily addressable part of the problem. We need to be accelerating faster somehow. China has the manufacturing capacity but is struggling to sell panels at the clip it can make them.




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