So what will it take for the other 90%? A lot of sweeping physical transformation.
Hundreds of local municipalities, states and tribes applied to get a share of the money; 25 made the cut.
“We can’t really address the problem without engaging business at full scale,” says Columbia Business School’s Bruce Usher.
A Malibu mansion and a more modest home in a middle-class neighborhood have something in common: net-zero carbon emissions.
There’s been more than $3 billion pledged toward making global food systems more resilient in the face of climate change.
Before companies can cut emissions, they first have to measure their carbon footprint. The new service is in high demand.
A proposed carbon emissions disclosure law in the world’s fifth-largest economy could push such requirements into the mainstream.
But so far, sustainable aviation fuels are expensive and not widely available.
Emissions by a company’s suppliers and customers could count towards the total.
Just how do researchers calculate that?