Net Zero

We all want to get to the point where we are no longer contributing to climate change. The concept of Net Zero is one way of approaching that goal. In essence, Net Zero means ensuring that any emissions produced are balanced by removal of carbon from the atmosphere, a process also known as sequestration. For the Diocese net zero means reducing emissions resulting from diocesan activity as far as we possibly can and then, for any remaining emissions, ensuring an equivalent amount of greenhouse gases are sequestered.

The Church of England has committed to reach net zero for its buildings and transport by 2030, and the Diocese of Oxford has pledged to reach a wider net zero target by 2035. That means that by 2035 we need to have reduced our emissions as much as possible across all our activities – and to be offsetting what we can’t reduce. When we get to this point, we’ll no longer be contributing to climate change. Now that’s a goal worth aiming for!