Achieving “carbon neutrality” is the crucial step along the road to “net zero” which includes the removal from Earth’s atmosphere of all “greenhouse gases”, including methane, nitrous oxide and other hydrofluorocarbons. Indispensable to creating sustainable environments, the health of the planet and the survival of the human race depend on it.
No wonder both goals are now global priorities. Since 1995, the United Nations has been bringing together almost every country for global climate summits or COPs (Conference of the Parties). Most recently in Sharm Al Sheikh, Egypt, COP27 saw the parties reaffirm their emissions-reduction goals and the race is very much on.
