Meaning of net zero In English

• 0 (of a country, city, etc.) removing as many emissions (= gases that cause the earth to warm up) as it produces:

  • There are five ways to make the UK net zero.

  • The main goal was to be a carbon-neutral or net-zero city.

  • The net zero house has panels on the roof to convert sunlight to electricity.

  • There are plans to make the warehouse a net zero building.

  • Even with net zero immigration and the current birthrate, our population would continue to grow for many years.

  • He predicts a net-zero to negative growth in new jobs.

• 1 the point at which a country, industry, company, etc. removes as many emissions (= gases that cause the earth to warm up) as it produces:

  • We have definitely taken the important first steps to reducing our carbon emissions to net zero.

  • The government pledged to arrive at net-zero by 2021.

  • He suggested that immigration should be reduced to at least net zero.

  • We'll have some move costs, but overall it will come pretty close to net-zero.