WILL NET ZERO BECOME NOT ZERO?
WILL NET ZERO BECOME NOT ZERO?
Rinnai Director Chris Goggin explores the politics of net zero and some of the recent challenges to climate change policy.
The evidence behind a global march towards clean and carbon-minimised energies is not doubted by the scientific community. There is a global consensus from the overwhelming majority of scientists that carbon emissions are a huge factor contributing towards global warming. It is unilaterally agreed that the ‘Greenhouse effect’ has increased surface temperatures.
Trapped heat has been the cornerstone of biological life on this planet, but now threatens the wellbeing of all plant and animal life. The greenhouse effect is a process where Earth’s atmosphere traps heat, warming the planet to a habitable temperature. Solar radiation heats the Earth’s surface, which then emits infrared radiation (heat) back out.
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