Brendan Hennessey, Amanda Schermer MacVey, and Lazlo von Lazar published “Getting to Net-Zero: How Climate Change Initiatives Are Changing Business in the Infrastructure Sector” in the fall 2024 issue of the ABA’s Construction Lawyer. The following is an excerpt:
The most prominent climate change initiative is achievement of “net-zero” emissions. Net-zero emissions initiatives aim to reduce GHG emissions from industrial operations to the largest extent possible, and then offset any unavoidable GHG emissions through programs such as the planting of trees that remove carbon from the atmosphere. Many pledges to achieve net-zero emissions—by either governments or companies—target the year 2050.
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