Net Zero – 10,000 Days To Go

As of this week, it is 10,000 days until the start of 2050, which is when the vast majority of the world is aiming to arrive at net zero.

Whilst that may sound like a long time, to put it into context (and to unintentionally make anyone reading this feel old), 10,000 days ago was 31 March 1995. At that time, ER and Friends were the most popular new shows on TV, Forrest Gump had just won six Oscars, Braveheart and Toy Story were soon to be in cinemas, Bill Clinton was US President, and there were two billion fewer people on the planet.

Much progress has taken place around the world since 1995, with the golden age of the internet and electronics allowing greater connectivity than ever, but there is still a huge amount of work left to do. Global coal demand is set to hit its all-time high this year and fossil fuels are by far the most dominant energy source. According to Global Change Data Lab (https://ourworldindata.org/electricity-mix), around 84% of total energy