a way for a company or person to reduce the level of carbon dioxide for which they are responsible by paying money to a company that works to reduce the total amount produced in the world, for example by planting trees碳补偿，碳抵消（出钱给从事全球减少碳排放的公司，以降低自身碳排放水平）
carbon offset initiatives for air travellers供航空旅客采用的碳补偿倡议
carbon offset projects碳补偿项目
Wind energy companies sell carbon offsets.风能公司出售碳补偿。
The country can trade carbon offset to rich polluters.该国可以将碳补偿交易给富裕的污染者。