Don't make climate promises you can't keep

COMPANY CEOs and governments have rushed to make "net-zero by 2050" promises. This is an admirable goal. But in reality, how many of those CEOs and leaders of government will be in their current positions in 2050? Likely, none.

Promises are easy to make, particularly when doing so is a simple act of virtue signalling, with the knowledge that by the time it is clear these promises are empty, they are someone else's problem.

Few of the companies and governments that have made these net-zero promises have provided details about their path from today to 2050. That, too, will eventually be someone else's problem.