| 单词 | carbon offsetting |
| 释义 | > as lemmascarbon offsetting carbon offsetting n. the action or process of compensating for carbon dioxide emissions which result from industrial or other human activity, by participating in schemes designed to effect equivalent reductions of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere; cf. carbon offset n. ΚΠ 1989 M. C. Trexler et al. Forestry as Response to Global Warming Contents p. i, (heading) Verifying the Guatemala Project's Carbon Offsetting Potential. 2006 Daily Tel. 27 Nov. 8/1 It will be the first company to incorporate ‘carbon offsetting’ into its web-based ticket booking system, so that people see the carbon dioxide emissions produced by each flight and the amount needed to offset them. 2015 Guardian (Nexis) 24 Aug. A key carbon offsetting scheme was so open to abuse that three quarters of its allowances lacked environmental integrity. < as lemmas |
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