What does net zero mean?
For nations:
A national net zero target requires deep reductions in emissions, with any remaining sources being removed from the atmosphere with greenhouse gas removals.
Country-level emissions accounting across the world is conducted on a territorial basis, with each country only counting emissions that directly arise from activity within their geographical boundary. This prevents double counting of emissions and also more closely links to levers available at the country level to reduce emissions. The UK, for example, has set a net zero target for 2050, that relates to its territorial (or production) emissions.
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