122. What The Hale?! Introducing the Net Zero Tracker with Thomas Hale

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tom Hale is BACK and here to announce the official Launch of the Net Zero Tracker!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">So yes - this week we have Associate Professor in Global Public Policy at Oxford University, Tom Hale, who joined us back in March of this year discussing the launch of a report “</span><a href= "https://eciu.net/analysis/reports/2021/taking-stock-assessment-net-zero-targets"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Taking Stock of commitments to Net Zero</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">”. That report put a spotlight on the credibility of a wave of government and business net zero commitments at the time. He is now returning more triumphant than ever with a significant update - The launch of a publicly available</span> <a href= "https://www.zerotracker.net/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Net Zero Tracker</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s a big deal.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our host, Paul Dickinson jumps in to ask, What the Hale IS the Net Zero Tracker? And how is it creating radical transparency that will lead to actually limiting global heating to 1.5C?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In tandem with the Net Zero Tracker is a new release as well, The Net Zero Dashboard Codebook - Filled with terms to bring absolute clarity to Net Zero pledges, promises, and commitments...so what the Hale do all these terms mean? Stick around for our classic Lightning Round.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Race to Zero continues!</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">—</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Christiana + Tom’s book</span> <a href= "https://globaloptimism.com/the-future-we-choose/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">‘The Future We Choose’</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">is available now!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Subscribe to our Climate