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Net zero emissions means that any greenhouse gas emissions are balanced by schemes to offset an equivalent amount of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere, such as planting trees or using technology like carbon capture and storage. | Net zero emissions means that any greenhouse gas emissions are balanced by schemes to offset an equivalent amount of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere, such as planting trees or using technology like carbon capture and storage. | ||
:<span style="color:#4B0082">'''''Why net zero is important'''''</span> | |||
:"The term net zero is important because – for CO2 at least – this is the state at which global warming stops. | |||
:The Paris Agreement underlines the need for net zero, requiring states to ‘achieve a balance between [human] emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases in the second half of this century’... | |||
:Many actors will be able to achieve absolute zero or zero emissions in the process, hence the choice of terms in the global ‘Race to Zero’ campaign focused on raising ambition. | |||
:Others will need to scale up removals either themselves directly or by supporting other projects, hence the ‘net’ in net zero." | |||
:''Net Zero Climate - October 2021'' | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[Absolute zero]] | |||
* [[Adaptation Action Coalition]] | * [[Adaptation Action Coalition]] | ||
* [[Adaptation communications]] | * [[Adaptation communications]] | ||
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* [[Carbon credits]] | * [[Carbon credits]] | ||
* [[Carbon-neutral]] | * [[Carbon-neutral]] | ||
* [[Carbon sink]] | |||
* [[Climate-related financial disclosure]] | * [[Climate-related financial disclosure]] | ||
* [[COP26]] | * [[COP26]] | ||
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* [[Net-Zero Banking Alliance]] | * [[Net-Zero Banking Alliance]] | ||
* [[Paris Agreement]] | * [[Paris Agreement]] | ||
* [[Race to zero]] | |||
* [[Resilience]] | * [[Resilience]] | ||
* [[Road to Zero]] | * [[Road to Zero]] | ||
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* [[United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change]] | * [[United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change]] | ||
* [[Zero emissions]] | * [[Zero emissions]] | ||
==External link== | |||
*[https://netzeroclimate.org/what-is-net-zero/ Net zero as the goal - Net Zero Climate] | |||
[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]] | [[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]] | ||
Revision as of 00:04, 15 October 2021
Environmental concerns - emissions.
Net zero emissions means that any greenhouse gas emissions are balanced by schemes to offset an equivalent amount of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere, such as planting trees or using technology like carbon capture and storage.
- Why net zero is important
- "The term net zero is important because – for CO2 at least – this is the state at which global warming stops.
- The Paris Agreement underlines the need for net zero, requiring states to ‘achieve a balance between [human] emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases in the second half of this century’...
- Many actors will be able to achieve absolute zero or zero emissions in the process, hence the choice of terms in the global ‘Race to Zero’ campaign focused on raising ambition.
- Others will need to scale up removals either themselves directly or by supporting other projects, hence the ‘net’ in net zero."
- Net Zero Climate - October 2021
See also
- Absolute zero
- Adaptation Action Coalition
- Adaptation communications
- Business Ambition for 1.5C
- Carbon credits
- Carbon-neutral
- Carbon sink
- Climate-related financial disclosure
- COP26
- Credit rating
- Emissions
- Environmental concerns
- ESG investment
- Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ)
- Gold standard
- Green bond
- Green Bond Principles
- Greenhouse gas
- Hybrid
- Nationally determined contribution
- Net-Zero Asset Managers initiative
- Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance
- Net-Zero Banking Alliance
- Paris Agreement
- Race to zero
- Resilience
- Road to Zero
- Supply chain
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
- Zero emissions
