What are ‘negative emissions’ and what do they mean for cities?
Cities are trying to rapidly reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and reach net zero, but why ‘net’ zero? This is where negative emissions come in. Paul Barton from NetZeroCities’ partner ICLEI Europe explains how critical these are for cities’ climate neutrality goals. A less considered part of the terms “net zero” and “climate neutral” is that they imply that some carbon emissions can’t be mitigated by 2030. These leftover or “residual” emissions therefore need to be cancelled out through actions that remove carbon from the atmosphere. Why do cities need negative emissions? The removal and storage [...]

