net- zero

Question 1

What is net-zero?

Answer 1

• state in which a country’s emissions are compensated by absorption and removal of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.
• does not mean that a country would bring down its emissions to zero
• Absorption : creating more carbon sinks such as forests
• removal of gases : futuristic technologies such as carbon capture and storage.

Question 2

Countries committed to net-zero.

Answer 2

UK,France

-other countries are considering -> china,USA,Canada, South Korea, Japan and Germany

Question 3

Reference of paris agreement with net zero?

Answer 3

• net-zero goal does not figure in the 2015 Paris Agreement
• Paris Agreement only requires every signatory to take the best climate action it can.
• Countries need to set five- or ten-year climate targets

Question 4

why is India holding out?

Answer 4

-India, the world’s third biggest emitter of greenhouse gases -> only major player holding out

Why? ; Over the next two to three decades, India’s emissions are likely to grow at the fastest pace in the world, as it presses for higher growth to pull hundreds of millions of people out of poverty.