カーボンニュートラル

かーぼんにゅーとらる
noun / na-adjective
carbon neutral
1. carbon neutral, net-zero carbon
A state where the amount of carbon dioxide emissions is balanced by an equivalent amount of carbon dioxide removal or offset, resulting in net-zero emissions.
2050(ねん)までカーボンニュートラル達成(たっせい)する
To achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.
To develop carbon-neutral products.
The government made a carbon neutrality declaration.
To strengthen efforts toward carbon neutrality.

ETYMOLOGY: From English "carbon neutral." カーボン (carbon) + ニュートラル (neutral).

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JAPANESE EQUIVALENT: Sometimes called 炭素中立(たんそちゅうりつ), but the loanword カーボンニュートラル is more common in policy and business discourse.