net zero

English

Adjective

net zero (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of net-zero.

Noun

net zero (uncountable)

  1. (climate change) Ellipsis of net zero greenhouse gas emissions; carbon neutrality.
    • 2022 August 22, Adrian Horton, “John Oliver on corporate ‘net zero’ proposals: ‘We cannot offset our way out of climate change’”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 October 2026:
      Carbon offsets are a popular route for reaching “net zero” – Oliver cited one study which found that two-thirds of companies in heavily polluting industries relied on offsets instead of emissions reductions to reach carbon neutrality.
    • 2022 September 6, “Jacob Rees-Mogg, who decried ‘climate alarmism’, to take on UK energy brief”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎[2], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 October 2026:
      It is understood he [Chris Skidmore] had no problem in working with Rees-Mogg but wanted to continue promoting net zero.
    • 2023 December 11, Fiona Harvey, Patrick Greenfield, Nina Lakhani, Adam Morton, Damian Carrington, “Cop28 draft climate deal criticised as ‘grossly insufficient’ and ‘incoherent’”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎[3], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 October 2026:
      The Cop28 presidency released a draft text in the early evening on Monday, which called for “reducing both consumption and production of fossil fuels, in a just, orderly and equitable manner, so as to achieve net zero by, before or around 2050, in keeping with the science”.
    • 2026 July 25, Attracta Mooney, “Lunch with the FT: Penny Endersby”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3:
      The conversation turns to the political pushback against climate action from the US to the UK, where Reform and the Conservatives have pledged to ditch net zero targets.

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