1.
carbon offset
Compensating for one's own greenhouse-gas emissions by funding an equivalent reduction elsewhere, such as tree planting or renewable-energy projects.
Loanword from English "carbon offset." A market mechanism for balancing out unavoidable emissions by paying for reductions elsewhere.
Common collocations
- カーボンオフセットに取り組む: to work on carbon offsets
- カーボンオフセット制度: a carbon-offset scheme
- カーボンオフセットで埋め合わせる: to compensate through carbon offsetting
Similar words
- カーボンニュートラル: carbon neutral — the goal of net-zero emissions, often achieved partly through offsets
- 炭素中立: carbon neutrality — the native-word equivalent of カーボンニュートラル