(たんそちゅうりつ)

たんそちゅうりつ
noun
carbon neutrality
businessscience
1. carbon neutrality
A state in which the amount of carbon dioxide released is balanced by an equal amount removed or offset, giving net-zero emissions. The native-word equivalent of カーボンニュートラル.
政府(せいふ)炭素中立(たんそちゅうりつ)目指(めざ)している
The government is aiming for carbon neutrality.
炭素中立(たんそちゅうりつ)実現(じつげん)時間(じかん)がかかる
Achieving carbon neutrality will take time.
(おお)(くに)2050(ねん)まで炭素中立(たんそちゅうりつ)宣言(せんげん)している
Many countries have declared carbon neutrality by 2050.

The native (Sino-Japanese) term for carbon neutrality, formed from 炭素(たんそ) (carbon) + 中立(ちゅうりつ) (neutrality). In everyday news the loanword カーボンニュートラル is more common, while 炭素中立(たんそちゅうりつ) appears in more formal or technical writing.

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