Achieving 'net zero' emissions by 2050 requires planting of forests five times the size of India

Oxfam says "too many governments and corporations are hiding behind unreliable, unproven and unrealistic ’carbon removal’ schemes in order to claim their 2050 climate change plans will be ‘net zero’".

"Net zero" emissions targets are a "dangerous distraction" for the real task of overall emissions reductions, a new report has claimed.

Oxfam claims the focus on "net zero" – balancing emissions produced with those removed from the atmosphere – are side-tracking governments and businesses from taking steps that could have a real impact.