42 companies announced net-zero targets in 2019 and 2020. More than half of those plan to plant trees, preserve forests or capture CO₂ in order to get there, even as their own businesses continue to warm the atmosphere. These measures, known as carbon dioxide removal (CDR), have a limit. As net-zero plans proliferate, some companies assume they can rely disproportionately on CDR to offset their own emissions. Read more