net zero

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a state in which the amount of greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere is balanced by the amount removed, resulting in no net addition of greenhouse gases; achieving net zero requires both drastically reducing emissions from energy, transport, industry, and agriculture and scaling up carbon removal through natural sinks such as forests and soils or engineered approaches such as direct air capture; the Paris Agreement goal of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius requires global net zero carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 2050