What balance between greenhouse gas emissions and removals did the Paris Agreement seek after 2050?

The Paris Agreement aims to achieve a balance after 2050 between the atmospheric input of greenhouse gases from emission sources—such as fossil fuel-burning power plants and engines—and their removal into natural or technological sinks.1

These sinks include forests, oceans, and soil, which may be utilized in conjunction with technologies designed to extract and sequester carbon dioxide. This goal is a critical component of the treaty's broader objective to hold the increase in global temperatures to well below 2 °C above preindustrial levels, while pursuing efforts to limit the increase to 1.5 °C.1