What does "carbon neutrality" mean?
Carbon neutral (Carbon, Neutral)The new Oxford English dictionary published in 2006 annual vocabulary "Carbon Neutral", Chinese translated as "carbon neutral", global warming and carbon dioxide emissions are closely related, "carbon neutral" refers to the total emissions of carbon dioxide is calculated, and then put these emissions by planting digest compensation, do not give the earth additional greenhouse gas emissions (mainly including carbon dioxide, methane etc.) burden, achieve the purpose of environmental protection.
Strictly speaking, "carbon neutrality" means that carbon emissions can be "zero", that is, do not emit any greenhouse gases. To achieve carbon neutrality, renewable energy sources that do not produce carbon can be used to meet all energy needs, or offset carbon emissions from fossil fuels, such as investing in carbon emissions reduction projects and so on. But broadly speaking, "carbon neutrality" is sometimes used to describe efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
This new term comes from English, "Carbon Neutral"". At present, there is no uniform and fixed name in Chinese, such as carbon neutral, carbon neutral, carbon footprint or carbon balance. Carbon neutrality is one of the modern efforts to slow global warming. The use of this environmentally friendly way, people calculate the CO2 emissions of their daily activities directly or indirectly, and calculate the economic costs to offset the carbon dioxide required, and pay for specialized enterprises or institutions, the amount of carbon dioxide by their corresponding trees or other environmental protection projects to offset the atmosphere.
