climatepositive
Climatepositive is a term used in sustainability discourse to describe activities, products, organizations, or regions that achieve a net positive effect on the climate by removing more greenhouse gases from the atmosphere than they emit within a defined boundary. In practice, climatepositive means a net negative greenhouse gas balance, i.e., negative emissions that exceed the entity’s own emissions. The term is sometimes used interchangeably with climate-positive, net-positive, or climate-positive impact, though definitions vary by organization and jurisdiction.
Approaches to achieve climate positivity combine reductions in emissions with removal of carbon dioxide from the
Because there is no universally adopted standard for climate-positive claims, the term can be used variably