carbon

By phasing out sugar, we could spare land that could be rewilded and stock up on carbon.

For example, methane is of particular relevance to the global greenhouse effect because its warming potential is 25 times higher than that of carbon dioxide.

This is a region that has historically helped to buffer the world from further warming, by absorbing some of the carbon dioxide produced from human activities.

Peatlands are wetlands characterised by waterlogged conditions and are known carbon stores.

The science of net zero, developed over 15 years ago,* does not include these natural carbon sinks in the definition of net human-induced CO2 emissions.