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emissions trading

emissions trading noun: a market-based approach to controlling pollution by providing incentives for reducing the emissions of pollutants.

Noun

emissions trading (uncountable)

  1. A market-based approach to controlling pollution by providing incentives for reducing the emissions of pollutants.
    • Yet the Kyoto Protocol's most enduring legacy may be a uniquely American idea - that "emissions trading" can help control heat-trapping gases at low cost.2005 February 17, David B. Sandalow, “Emissions trading is Kyoto's success story”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Words formed from emissions trading

Questions about emissions trading

What does emissions trading mean?
Emissions trading means a market-based approach to controlling pollution by providing incentives for reducing the emissions of pollutants.
What part of speech is emissions trading?
Emissions trading is a noun.

Words near emissions trading in the dictionary

  1. emission theory
  2. emissionless
  3. emissions
  4. emissions test
  5. emissions tests
  6. emissions trading
  7. Emissionsgate
  8. emissitious
  9. emissive
  10. emissivities
  11. emissivity

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