In a lively and far-ranging conversation Tuesday at the United Nations COP28 climate talks in Dubai, Newsweek‘s Better Planet guided discussion about a more climate-friendly economy in an event titled “Pillars of the Green Transition.”
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Angel Hsu is an associate professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she is the founder and director of the Data-Driven EnviroLab.
Part of Hsu’s work keeps tabs on how many countries, states, cities and companies have pledged to reduce emissions to net zero and whether they are delivering on those pledges.
“According to our Net Zero Tracker, launched three years ago, companies have been the most active pledging net-zero targets,” Hsu said. “We have just passed the 1,000-company mark, leading with services and manufacturing.”