Outcome · Outcome

Net zero emissions

Condition in which metric-weighted anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions are balanced by metric-weighted anthropogenic greenhouse gas removals over a defined period.

Definition source: IPCC AR6 WGII Annex II

Synonyms

net zero, carbon neutrality, carbon negative

Broader

Top concept of the scheme

Narrower

none

Counts as adaptation

Not an adaptation term.

Mitigation

Mitigation-specific

Provenance

Lexicon consensus

Identifier

OTC_110 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/OTC_110
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/OTC_110)