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Setting science-based targets your CFO will sign off

How to model a 1.5°C pathway that finance understands — with costs, savings and milestones by year.

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Dr. Lena Hart

Chief Scientist, Verdan

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A target only works if the people who control budgets believe in it. That means translating tonnes into money and milestones.

Model the pathway

Start from your base year, apply the required annual reduction, and map the actions that get you there.

Show the money

Every action needs a cost, a saving and a payback. Finance teams sign off on plans, not percentages.

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