Carbon Neutrality: Toward a Sustainable Future

Carbon neutrality may be regarded as the fifth industrial revolution

Carbon neutrality refers to net-zero carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions attained by balancing the emission of CO2 with its removal so as to stop its increase in the atmosphere that causes global warming. As of February 2021, 124 countries had pledged to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 or 2060. This is a remarkable development reached after the annual United Nations Conference of the Parties of 1995, in particular those of Kyoto (1997), Bonn (2001), Bali (2007), and Paris (2015), with progressively more concrete binding commitments to emission reduction by the parties (countries).

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Chen J (2021). Carbon neutrality: Toward a sustainable future. The Innovation. 2(3),100127. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xinn.2021.100127