Can the world become net carbon zero Mark Carney in conversation

Wildfires are burning, ice sheets are melting, mass extinction is real, even as governments are focusing on the immediate threat of the global pandemic.

At this crucial moment for the planet, join President-elect of the British Academy, professor Julia Black, as she interviews former Governor of the Bank of England and UN Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance, Mark Carney, about how, when, and even if the world really can become net carbon zero.

Presented in collaboration with the British Academy: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk

Part of the public programme accompanying the Citi exhibition Arctic: culture and climate (22 October 2020 – 21 February 2021).

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Image credit:
Kiliii Yuyan (b. 1979), Ilulisaat's Living Ice Fjord. Archival inkjet print, 2018. Photo © Kiliii Yuyan.

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