Oxford Net Zero is an interdisciplinary research initiative that helps businesses and policymakers translate net zero targets into meaningful climate action. The platform, hosted by the University of Oxford, provides evidence-based principles and policies, practical tools, and global progress tracking, including the Net Zero Tracker which monitors over 4,000 entities.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
The global goal of reaching net zero emissions is undermined by fragmented, inconsistent, and often unverifiable corporate and governmental climate commitments. With 78% of global GDP now covered by net zero targets, there is a critical need to ensure these pledges translate into meaningful action aligned with global temperature goals rather than greenwashing.
Solution
Oxford Net Zero provides an evidence-based platform that brings together principles and policies, practical tools, and progress tracking to help businesses and policymakers achieve credible net zero outcomes. The initiative produces peer-reviewed research that informs international standards, offers self-assessment tools for companies to benchmark their strategies against best practices, and systematically tracks the net zero commitments of over 4,000 countries, sub-national governments, and major corporations. Through active engagement with global standards processes, business leaders, and policymakers, the platform bridges cutting-edge academic research with real-world climate action, ensuring targets drive measurable decarbonization.
Target Audience
Primary users include policymakers, global industry leaders, international organizations, and standards-setting bodies seeking credible, science-based guidance for net zero target setting and implementation.
Features
- Net Zero Tracker, a collaborative tool monitoring net zero targets across over 4,000 entities globally
- Evidence-based criteria and principles for setting credible net zero targets, identifying convergence and divergence in current practices
- Library of practical tools for institutions of all kinds to set and achieve net zero targets
- The Oxford Offsetting Principles, defining best practice for carbon offsetting in alignment with net zero pathways
- Youth and equity-focused criteria development to incorporate climate justice into net zero standards
- Peer-reviewed research on carbon dioxide removal, policy frameworks, and net zero governance
- Progress tracking dashboards providing systematic review of net zero commitments by countries, sub-national governments, and corporations