In recent decades, climate change has risen to the top of the political agenda of governments and international institutions. Growing emissions of greenhouse gases contribute to rising global temperatures with devastating consequences for the environment, biodiversity and human well-being. Carbon neutrality and climate neutrality are key concepts in the study and implementation of strategies to combat climate change.

Carbon neutrality expresses the balance between carbon emissions and absorption of emissions from natural carbon sinks. According to the official IPCC explanation (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) carbon neutrality is achieved when anthropogenic  emissions of greenhouse gases are compensated by the same amount of emissions that will be reduced, prevent or sequester in a given time horizon. (More on biblus.acca.it)