In this Frontiers Forum Deep Dive session on 18 January 2024, Sofia Palazzo Corner, Prof Martin Siegert and Prof Joeri Rogelj discussed the amount of temperature change we can expect after CO₂ emissions from human activities reach net zero, and how this can be built into climate models. They were joined for a panel and question and answer session by Ben Sanderson, Charlie Koven and Tessa Khan.

The session brought together the authors of the Frontiers in Science lead article ‘The Zero Emissions Commitment (ZEC) and climate stabilization’ in which they present the first comprehensive analysis of Earth processes controlling global temperatures and our knowledge gaps for each – plus a pioneering framework for building climate models that are better equipped to predict ZEC.

Links:
• View the Frontiers in Science lead article at: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/...
• View the Frontiers in Science article hub at: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/...

Speakers:
• Sofia Palazzo Corner | Imperial College London, UK
• Prof Martin Siegert | University of Exeter, UK
• Joeri Rogelj | Imperial College London, UK
• Ben Sanderson | Center for International Climate Research (CICERO), Norway
• Charlie Koven | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
• Tessa Khan | Uplift UK

INTRODUCTION
00:00:00 Opening
00:00:30 Welcome & introduction | Gilbert De Gregorio | Head of Partnerships, Frontiers Planet Prize
00:04:39 Setting the scene | Prof Martin Siegert | University of Exeter
00:06:53 The Zero Emissions Commitment and climate stabilization | Sofia Palazzo Corner | Imperial College London

PANEL DISCUSSION
00:21:53 Introduction of panel session | Gilbert De Gregorio | Head of Partnerships, Frontiers Planet Prize
00:24:26 Panel discussion on what's next after net zero? | Facilitated by Prof Martin Siegert | University of Exeter

Q&A SESSION
00:55:20 Audience Q&A session

CONCLUSION
01:23:08 Closing remarks from Joeri Rogelj | Imperial College London

Frontiers Forum Deep Dive sessions bring researchers, policy experts, and innovators together from around the world, to discuss a specific area of transformational science published in Frontiers' flagship multidisciplinary journal, Frontiers in Science, and explore next steps for the field. Watch previous sessions at https://forum.frontiersin.org.