PLACING faith in net-zero targets and attempting to offset future carbon emissions with “business as usual” would condemn the world to catastrophe, a coalition of green and human rights groups warned today.

Representatives from the groups told the Cop26 summit that greenwashing and “delayism” is the new climate change denial, a brake on the movement for action in recent decades.

Speaking in Glasgow today, Greenpeace, Amnesty International, ActionAid and Global Witness, alongside indigenous representatives, called for governments to set “real” zero-carbon emission targets.