The process would be net zero if the amount taken out and the amount released were identical. They set out targets for the government to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, domestic flights, 2 25 Year Environment Plan Progress Report: April 2019 to March 2020 . It allows passengers to pay extra to help compensate for the carbon emissions produced from their flight. Feedback loops can add to the rate of warming or reduce it. This would see major sea-level rise, with many coastal areas becoming uninhabitable, as well as regular severe heatwaves and massive disruption to agriculture.An action that helps cope with the effects of climate change - for example building houses on stilts to protect from flooding, constructing barriers to hold back rising sea levels or growing crops which can survive high temperatures and drought.Stands for 'Anthropogenic Global Warming', which means the rise in temperatures caused by human activity like the burning of fossil fuels such as coal and oil. Scientists predict that extreme weather will become more common as the world becomes warmer.In a feedback loop, rising temperatures change the environment in ways that affect the rate of warming. Technology improvements like LED light bulbs, for instance, save emissions without people noticing.The same is true if people get hydrogen central heating instead of gas, or if they are obliged to drive electric cars rather than petrol vehicles.But there will need to be a massive investment in clean energy generation - and that has to be funded by someone.The government hasn't yet spelled out if the cost will fall on bill-payers, or tax-payers, or the fossil fuel firms that have caused climate change.And then there's the international dimension. It is produced by human activity from agriculture – cows emit large amounts – as well as waste dumps and leaks from coal mining. Feedback loops can add to the rate of warming or reduce it. This variation may be caused by both natural processes and by humans. "There will be major difficulties, too, in supplying low-carbon heating to homes and industries as natural gas is phased out.Doug Parr, Greenpeace UK's chief scientist, said it was a "big moment" for the climate but there were questions around plans to allow for international carbon credits which allow the UK to pay to offset its emissions elsewhere in the world. This releases significant levels of carbon dioxide as trees are burned.Climate deniers believe that climate change is only taking place because of natural processes and that human activity has no role. We must lead the world to a cleaner, greener form of growth. To truly be global leaders in addressing this issue, the Government must commit to meet WHO guidelines for particulate matter across the UK by 2030.“Unicef UK will continue to work with the UK Government to fulfil it’s environmental commitments to children.” Unicef is the world’s leading organisation for children, promoting the rights and wellbeing of every child, in everything we do. The UK is already slipping away from its mid-term carbon targets of cutting emissions by 80% by 2050. The actual terminology used by the government is "net zero" greenhouse gases by 2050.That means emissions from homes, transport, farming and industry will have to be avoided completely or - in the most difficult examples - offset by planting trees or sucking CO2 out of the atmosphere.The government's advisory Committee on Climate Change Its report said if other countries followed the UK, there was a 50-50 chance of staying below the recommended 1.5C temperature rise by 2100.A 1.5C rise is considered the threshold for dangerous climate change. One big concern is that carbon held in frozen ground in arctic regions will be released as methane as temperatures rise and the ground thaws. Where we have identified any third party copyright information you will need to obtain permission from the copyright holders concerned. The world has already warmed about 1C since then.The original target for limiting the rise in global average temperature. Examples are wind and solar power as well as biomass, made from compressed wood pellets.Natural and human-produced gases that trap heat in the atmosphere and warm the surface. Carbon capture is sometimes referred to as geological sequestration. "But UK policy is still way off the mark and the foundations are not in place to be able to meet this target.