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Is the UN carbon neutral? No, finds an investigation.

  • September 20, 2023
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Is the UN carbon neutral? No, finds an investigation.

Subject: Environment

Section: Climate Change

  • Carbon neutrality means every ton of anthropogenic CO2 emitted is compensated with an equivalent amount of CO2 removed, according to World Resources Institute.
  • In order to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, carbon neutrality by mid-21st century is essential. This target is also laid down in the Paris agreement signed by 195 countries, including the EU.
  • Carbon sink is any system that absorbs more carbon than it emits.
  • The main natural carbon sinks are soil, forests and oceans.
  • To date, no artificial carbon sinks are able to remove carbon from the atmosphere on the necessary scale to fight global warming.
  • The carbon stored in natural sinks such as forests is released into the atmosphere through forest fires, changes in land use or logging.
  • Another way to reduce emissions and to pursue carbon neutrality is to offset emissions made in one sector by reducing them somewhere else. This can be done through investment in renewable energy, energy efficiency or other clean, low-carbon technologies.
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