carbon trading

noun
🔊/ˈkɑːbən treɪdɪŋ/
🔊/ˈkɑːrbən treɪdɪŋ/
(also emissions trading
🔊/ɪˈmɪʃnz treɪdɪŋ/
🔊/ɪˈmɪʃnz treɪdɪŋ/
)
[uncountable]
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  1. a system that gives countries and organizations the right to produce a particular amount of carbon dioxide and other gases that cause global warming, and allows them to sell this right碳排放权交易;碳交易
    • a global carbon trading system全球碳交易系统
    • Carbon trading has not been very effective so far in addressing global warming.迄今为止,碳交易在应对全球变暖方面还不是很有效。
    Topics The environmentc1