In October 2021 the UK released a report called “Net Zero Strategy: Build Back Greener” outlining the government’s 10-part plan to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.
“The science could not be clearer,” noted the report, “by the middle of this century the world has to reduce emissions to as close to zero as possible, with the small amount of remaining emissions absorbed through natural carbon sinks like forests, and new technologies like carbon capture. If we can achieve this, global emissions of greenhouse gasses will be ‘net zero’.”
One initiative being pursued to help achieve this goal is through carbon plantations that would sequester CO2, generate carbon credits, produce sustainable hardwood, and encourage biodiversity.
