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carbon leakage

carbon leakage noun: the transfer of CO₂-intensive industries, and consequently of greenhouse gas emissions and industrial jobs, from countries applying strict emission controls to countries with less stringent environmental regulations.

Noun

carbon leakage (countable and uncountable, plural carbon leakages)

  1. The transfer of CO₂-intensive industries, and consequently of greenhouse gas emissions and industrial jobs, from countries applying strict emission controls to countries with less stringent environmental regulations.

Forms of carbon leakage

pluralcarbon leakages

Questions about carbon leakage

What does carbon leakage mean?
Carbon leakage means the transfer of CO₂-intensive industries, and consequently of greenhouse gas emissions and industrial jobs, from countries applying strict emission controls to countries with less stringent environmental regulations.
What part of speech is carbon leakage?
Carbon leakage is a noun.
What is the plural of carbon leakage?
The plural of carbon leakage is carbon leakages.

Words near carbon leakage in the dictionary

  1. carbon footprints
  2. carbon group
  3. carbon inset
  4. carbon insets
  5. carbon insetting
  6. carbon leakage
  7. carbon leakages
  8. carbon literacy
  9. carbon market
  10. carbon markets
  11. carbon microphone

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