40 resultaten gevonden voor 'carbon tax'

carbon tax

environmental tax on emissions of carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gases (3.6.15)

carbon credit

tradable certificate or permit that represents the right to emit a specified amount of greenhouse gases (3.6.15)

carbon metric

sum of annual greenhouse gas emissions (3.6.16) and removals, expressed as CO2 equivalents, associated with the use stage of a construction works

carbon offsetting

mechanism for compensating for all or for a part of the carbon footprint of a product (3.11.1) or the partial carbon footprint of a product (3.11.2) through the prevention of the release (3.5.19) of, reduction in, or removal of an amount of greenhouse gas emissions (3.9.8) in a process (3.1.9) outside the product system (3.5.1) under study

bio-based carbon biogenic carbon

carbon derived from biomass

carbon cycle

biogeochemical cycle by which carbon is exchanged amongst the biosphere, pedosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere of the earth

fossil carbon

carbon that is contained in fossilized material