排出量(はいしゅつりょう)

はいしゅつりょう
noun
emissions; amount discharged
naturescience
1. emissions; amount discharged
The quantity of a substance released into the air, water, or soil, most often carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gases. Common in news and policy writing about the environment.
二酸化炭素(にさんかたんそ)の排出量(はいしゅつりょう)。
Carbon dioxide emissions.
排出量(はいしゅつりょう)を減(へ)らす必要(ひつよう)がある。
We need to reduce emissions.
Japan has set a goal of reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

排出(はいしゅつ) (discharge, emission) + 量(りょう) (amount). Usually names what is emitted with の.

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