Kaya Axelsson is a net zero policy engagement fellow at the University of Oxford and a strategic advisor to the Race to Zero Campaign which brings together non-state actors and sub-national governments to accelerate climate action within and alongside the UNFCCC process.
In this video, she explains her involvement with the ISO’s work on creating a net zero standard. While the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) provides frameworks on targets, organisations were calling for a singular and codified methodology for working towards net zero greenhouse gas emissions.
In partnership with Race to Zero and other organisations, Kaya helped a set of guidelines with the ISO for net zero strategies. It is currently an ‘International Workshop Agreement’ rather than a numerical ISO standard like the ISO140001 standard for environmental management systems, but this should come to fruition within the coming months and years.
Watch her full interview below:
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Posted on 14th June 2023
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