Net Zero World

Net Zero World Initiative — a new partnership between countries working to implement their climate ambition pledges and accelerate transitions to net zero, resilient, and inclusive energy systems. Through Net Zero World, led by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as part of the Build Back Better World initiative, countries committed to raising their climate ambitions will work across U.S. government and DOE’s national laboratories to create and implement highly tailored, actionable technology road maps and investment strategies that put net zero within reach. The U.S. government will also partner with a growing list of philanthropies think tanks, businesses, and universities including Breakthrough Energy, the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet, Lynne and Marc Benioff, and Bloomberg Philanthropies to help a range of countries implement climate ambition pledges and attract the billions of dollars in private capital needed for global clean energy transformation.

Argentina, Chile, Egypt, Indonesia, Nigeria, and Ukraine are founding country partners, and additional countries are on track to join soon.

Through this initiative, DOE will mobilize state-of-art technology and world-class expertise from its national laboratories to help partnering countries:

Develop and support ambitious technical, market and investment roadmaps for clean energy transformation — The Initiative will work with partners to develop country-specific roadmaps detailing the cross-cutting planning and deployment strategies needed at national, regional, and local levels.
Deliver holistic support for immediate and sustained transformative projects that maximize overall impact for the region – The Initiative will support, for example, the development of cross-sector project pipelines and infrastructure modernization plans for partnering with the private sector, developing robust research, development, demonstration, and deployment partnerships to quickly advance technologies from lab to implementation. The Initiative will also provide implementation support for workforce development programs, with particular emphasis on gender equity and the inclusion of under-represented groups.
Foster exchanges between U.S. leaders and across countries to support peer-to-peer learning and confidence building – The Initiative will support exchanges between U.S. states and cities, business leaders, and across countries to inform roadmaps, key design and implementation measures to enable peer-to-peer learning, tailored replication of successes, and confidence building.