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carbon footprint

carbon footprint noun: a measure of the amount of carbon dioxide produced by a person, organization or state in a given time.

Noun

carbon footprint (plural carbon footprints)

  1. A measure of the amount of carbon dioxide produced by a person, organization or state in a given time.
    • House insulation is another way of reducing energy consumption and carbon footprint, as well as double glazing and draught-proofing.1994, Peter Simmons, Petrol to Gas: A Fully Illustrated Guide to Complete D.I.Y.Conversion for the Motorist, Password Publishing, page 14
    • Usage of local products has boosted the income of local farmers, created more work opportunities and lowered carbon footprints. Previously, business owners in Jiasian competed with each other and fought over business opportunities.2018, Lena Dominelli, editor, The Routledge Handbook of Green Social Work, Routledge, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 134
    Synonyms:
    carbon cost

carbon footprint meaning in Tamil

carbon footprint in Tamil

கார்பன் அடித்தடம், கரிம அடித்தடம்

Synonyms of carbon footprint

Forms of carbon footprint

pluralcarbon footprints

Origin of carbon footprint

Coined in a 1999 BBC Vegetarian Good Food article and after the 1990s term ecological footprint and popularized by a 2005 advertising campaign for fossil-fuel company BP in order to shift blame for climate change onto individual consumers. Modelled after the ecological footprint concept developed in the 1990s.

Questions about carbon footprint

What does carbon footprint mean?
Carbon footprint means a measure of the amount of carbon dioxide produced by a person, organization or state in a given time.
What is carbon footprint in Tamil?
Carbon footprint in Tamil is கார்பன் அடித்தடம், கரிம அடித்தடம். See Carbon footprint meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is carbon footprint?
Carbon footprint is a noun.
What is the plural of carbon footprint?
The plural of carbon footprint is carbon footprints.

Words near carbon footprint in the dictionary

  1. carbon fibers
  2. carbon fibre
  3. carbon fibres
  4. carbon fixation
  5. carbon fixations
  6. carbon footprint
  7. carbon footprints
  8. carbon group
  9. carbon inset
  10. carbon insets
  11. carbon insetting

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