Net Zero: What it is, why it matters, what it means for Australia and everything to know

The bitter division among Coalition ranks over a two-word policy known simply as net zero is about to hit boiling point.

And it could result in a staggering reshuffle within the Liberals and Nationals under Opposition Leader Sussan Ley.

The controversial concept of net zero has been rapidly evolving since climate scientists first coined the term in the early 2000s.

It refers to a point of neutrality where the level of greenhouse gases – or carbon emissions – being released on our planet are eventually balanced by their removal.

Scientists have figured out that net zero would mean that global warming stops.

According to the 2015 Paris Agreement, a legally binding international treaty on climate change, net zero would need countries like Australia to "achieve a balance betwe