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Net zero emission is a concept which is similar in theory to that of climate neutrality. The concept was borne out of the need to avert the worst climate impact. It refers to the system of reaching a net zero emission of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane, and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere by removing all man-made greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere through reduction measures (natural and artificial sink), making-up for emission with removal of carbon from the atmosphere (carbon-offsetting) or by simply not emitting to reach net zero. This is possible where public and private concerns as well as individuals act to remove as much CO2 as they put into the atmosphere. The goal here is to reach overall carbon neutrality which leads to a zero-carbon footprint (IPCC 2018; Oshiro et al. 2018). For example, an industrial entity may embark...
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Matemilola, S., Salami, H.A. (2020). Net Zero Emission. In: Idowu, S., Schmidpeter, R., Capaldi, N., Zu, L., Del Baldo, M., Abreu, R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sustainable Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02006-4_512-1
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