Welcome to a Cosmos Insights podcast, where we talk to scientists in Australia about the impact of their work.

Daisuke Kanazawa is a collaborative researcher at the Centre for Global Commons in the University of Tokyo, Japan. 

He is one of the authors of the Planet Positive Chemicals report, which details how the global chemical industry, responsible for 8% of greenhouse gas emissions, can get to net zero.

Cosmos journalist Ellen Phiddian spoke to Kanazawa to find out more.

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