SL to draft roadmap to become carbon net zero country by 2050

In an effort to tackle the issues stemming from climate change, Sri Lanka will design a road map that will pave the way for it to become a carbon net zero country by 2050.
The proposal to draft a road map was presented by the Minister of Environment and received approval from the Cabinet of Ministers this week.
According to the proposal, the road map will be revised and tweaked every five years after taking into account the progress achieved since the rollout of the plan. 
The road map will entail strategic plans that will be drawn up for a period of five years till the target is achieved in 2050.
A committee of experts will be appointed to design, implement, monitor, and evaluate the roadmap.
In September 2021, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa while addressing the United Nations International Energy Forum said that Sri Lanka aims to transition away from fossil fuels, promote de-carbonisation, and make the island nation carbon neutral by 2050. 
Several countries are announcing pledges to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. However, many are falling short in bringing what is required to limit the global temperature rise by 1.5 degrees celsius.
Achieving net-zero is about countries and their economies finding the proper balance between the ​quantity​ of greenhouse gases released and remove from the atmosphere. 
If a country emits a certain amount of carbon each year, it must compensate by absorbing carbon through forest absorption or carbon capturing. 
A total of 137 countries out of 192 are signatories to the UN Climate Convention, accounting for 80 percent of global emissions and pledging to achieve net-zero emissions by the year 2050, according to reports from COP26.

In addition to the UK, which became the first large economy to enact net-zero legislation in 2019, Sweden, France, Denmark, New Zealand, and Hungary too have introduced legislation​​ to achieve the climate change response goal.