The role of new energy in carbon neutral

ZOU Caineng,XIONG Bo,XUE Huaqing,ZHENG Dewen,GE Zhixin,WANG Ying,JIANG Luyang,PAN Songqi,WU Songtao

Table 1 Timeline of each country and region’s commitment to be carbon neutral (modified from the reference [10]).

Carbon neutral time Proposed legislation In law In policy document 2035 Finland 2040 Austria, Iceland 2045 Sweden 2050 The European Union, Canada, South Korea, Spain, Chile, Fiji The UK, France, Denmark, New Zealand, Hungary Japan, Germany, Switzerland, Norway, Ireland, South Africa, Portugal, Costa Rica, Slovenia, Marshall Islands 2060 China