Oxford Net Zero
In 2024, Reuben College entered into a strategic partnership with Oxford Net Zero (ONZ), an interdisciplinary research initiative to inform effective and ambitious climate action.
ONZ shares with Reuben College a commitment to interdisciplinary research and engagement, in addition to a desire to help solving one of the world’s most pressing problems. In order to achieve the net zero emissions goal, leading climate academics are working to track progress, align standards, and inform effective solutions across areas such as climate science, clean energy, policy, and land and food systems.
Reuben College Official Fellow, Sam Fankhauser, is the Research Director of ONZ and serves as the link between the two organisations. He noted, “I am excited to bring these two amazing organisations together. There are so many ways in which ONZ and Reuben College can collaborate to promote better climate solutions.”
Over 70 leading climate academics are working to track progress, align standards, and inform effective solutions in areas such as climate science, clean energy, policy, and land and food systems, in order achieve the net zero emissions goal.
Some of the initiative's better-known work includes:
- The Net Zero Tracker, a collaborative project that tracks the net zero targets of over 4,000 entities (companies, cities and countries).
- The Oxford Offsetting Principles, which define best practice principles for carbon offsetting.
- The State of Carbon Dioxide Removal Report, which maps global carbon removal capacity.
- The Net Zero Readiness Check, a self-assessment tool for companies to compare their net zero strategy approach against best practice across 30+ net zero guidance initiatives and standards.
Professor Lord Lionel Tarassenko, Reuben College President, said, “Reuben College is delighted to be partnering with Oxford Net Zero. The two entities have much in common. We were established by the university within a year of each other. We share a deep commitment to help tackle climate change issues and we both bring an interdisciplinary approach to this task.”
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