Explainer: Why some countries are aiming for 'net-negative' emissions
Carbon Brief explores which countries are or have targets to be net-negative, and the moral and scientific arguments for such a milestone.
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Carbon Brief explores which countries are or have targets to be net-negative, and the moral and scientific arguments for such a milestone.
We meet in the wake of the Stockholm+50 conference, which marked 50 years since the birth of the environmental movement. This movement – with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) at its heart – has achieved much.
The Nordic country will need to reverse the loss of its forests, which turned from net climate sinks to emitters last year.
Finland’s parliament passed a new Climate Change Act committing itself to achieving net-zero emissions by 2035 and negative emissions by 2040.
Finland's goal to go net zero by 2035 and then carbon negative was based on equity as well as science, but it won't be easy to reverse forest loss