The US and around 20 other countries established a Forest and Climate Leaders' Partnership, supposedly to reduce deforestation. Greenpeace says it's ineffective, just for show.

*[Entities that] continue to invest in fossil fuels, deforestation, and other activities that exacerbate the climate emergency cannot claim to be net-zero.*

I take a stronger stand. "Net zero" is an excuse for bogus "offset" schemes, a way to pretend that they will reduce emissions, while in fact failing to do so. We must stop using that concept and focus on reducing actual emissions.

Consider for instance Partanna's CO2-absorbing building material. Building with it helps reduce CO2 in the air, but if these reductions are converted into a "credit", that indirectly lets someone else keep emitting more.