{"id":23,"date":"2024-10-21T21:45:39","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T21:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/netz-cmi\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2025-05-15T23:03:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T23:03:30","slug":"netz-cmi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/netz-cmi\/","title":{"rendered":"NetZ-CMI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"unityblocks-hero\" class=\"wp-block-unityblocks-hero hide-content\" data-herotype=\"heading-hero\" data-image=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/netz-cmi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2024\/11\/NetZeroCMI-HeroHeader-V2.jpg&quot;,&quot;altText&quot;:&quot;An angled photo showing a wall of compressed plastic bottles in varying shades of blue, green and clear\/white with colorful lids.&quot;,&quot;cssClass&quot;:[],&quot;size&quot;:&quot;medium&quot;}\" data-subtitle=\"{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Center for Transitioning to 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class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"highlight-gold\">Addressing chemical and materials industry issues<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Discovering cross-disciplinary solutions and designing roadmaps to guide the transition to a net-zero emissions future that is economically profitable, nature- and people-positive.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<section class=\"uds-section bg-color bg-gray-1 \" ><div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-container container mb-0\">\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-row row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading mb-4 has-gray-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1676b8c031586fae87462321cbab0cdc\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><span class=\"highlight-gold\">Goals and objectives<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div 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zero.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-4 mb-4 mb-lg-0\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover has-custom-content-position is-position-bottom-left\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--uds-size-4);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--uds-size-4);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--uds-size-4);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--uds-size-4);min-height:620px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim wp-block-cover__gradient-background has-background-gradient\" style=\"background-color:#5c4740;background:linear-gradient(0deg,rgb(25,25,25) 0%,rgba(26,26,26,0) 73%)\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1200\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-999478\" alt=\"Petroleum industry tanks at night\" src=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/netz-cmi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2025\/05\/netzero-card2-asu.jpg\" 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